Same Old

I haven't written much lately. Not only here, but anywhere. I have found myself in a writing dry spell and hadn't even noticed it until last night. I saw my lonely notebook sitting by my bed and decided to pay it a visit. Quickly I remembered, I haven't written much because all of it tends to grow weary when you write the same things over and over again. I have already written about how I feel like I'm in this transitional period that is lasting far longer than any transitional period should. That I'm just waiting for my real life to start; or at least one part of it to fall into place. And with that, I've spelled out life for the past 5 months.

It's weird to think I've been home for just under five months and yet today was quite similar to the second day home. Yesterday, much like the fourth day home. It all almost seems to blend together. I've come up with more interesting things to do than in the beginning (although I still visit the redbox rentals far too often), but life continues to be the same. But more interesting than the fact that my life remains on slow motion, is the odd fact that I haven't been back to Lexington since I left.

I was chatting with Kari the other day about my upcoming visit to Lexington. We both remarked how I hadn't been back. I realized this is the longest I've ever been between visits since before I ever did summer staff. It's been a four year "affair" and I seemed to have walked away cold turkey. Now granted, I've been spoiled by visits. I have had Kari visit twice as well as once with almost the whole gang. But I miss the foggy mornings in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I haven't been able to enjoy my old home since I took the long ride back to Cincinnati.

That all being said, I think I'm going to have to find some time, to sit on those mountains, perhaps by my river, and take up some writing. It might be repetitive but it'll be genuine. The words won't flow elegantly across the page, but slowly the story will be written, life will start moving, and I'll be glad to have those choppy sentences to look back on.