July 6, 2009, monday

12:24 am

I should be asleep, but that would be the closing period on a weekend I’m reluctant to let slip away.  I was home, wandering around Louisville and Southern Indiana, surrounded by family and friends, by smiles and laughter and joy.  Now I stand on the mental precipice of jumping into tomorrow among the jagged rocks of Development.  I’ve set my mind, though.  This will end.  I will have a new job soon, and while I prefer one at home, I know that a new one anywhere is necessary.  It is a requirement for sustained, stable mental health.  I’m gearing up for another weekly round, a five day affray of shattered communication and lack of cooperation.

But my mental snapshots will keep me strong: sitting on the deck with my parents, my aunts and uncle, and Karissa, eating Arni’s pizza, enjoying the perfect summer weather; enjoying the Barret Bar with AJ, Todd, Karissa, Melissa, Christal, Rick, Erica, Caleb, Amy, and Matt; going to the Oxmoor Center with Karissa and then driving around Louisville and the Knobs in a gentle rain; chowing down on a perfect home cooked meal of steaks, potatoes, slaw, and corn with the family; playing pool with Jeremy and Karissa at the Mag Bar; and searching through ear X-tacy’s CDs with Todd and Karissa before eating lunch at the Onion Tea House.  Even the nap with Cake’s “Where Would I Be?” playing in my ears.