So this weekend rocked. Totally. It was just so great seeing everyone again--particularly Matt Bange and Damien, seeing how I haven't seen either of them in a while. Okay, "a while" is putting it mildly where Matt is concerned. I haven't seen him since August of 1998. So it was really cool. I last saw Damien...I guess at Homecoming, so last October. It's amazing how all of our lives could change so much, and yet it still be so great and natural hanging out. Good times.
So I got home and, besides expending energy on trying to avoid collapsing into sleep, I'm like, "I want to talk to people!" I have to restrain myself from picking up the phone and calling somebody. I miss college--having my friends so close all the time. But gatherings like this are really awesome, too, because I certainly didn't spend that much time with Tim Funk in college. And the fact that we all stay in the same place. Like in college when we went to Warrior Poets concerts, the next day we probably wouldn't see each other (because it would probably be a Sunday). Now we all go out to lunch and hang out and talk. It's so cool. Plus, besides Jody (and possibly Amy), we don't have to worry about things like homework. We do have to deal with the fact that we're far apart. Which is sad. I miss my friends...we should get together more often than we do.
And a special shout-out to Mike Harp. It's really cool finding out someone that I didn't expect was reading this.
Song, not stuck in my head, but I heard on the way home from Gettysburg and found appropriate:
"Drink With Me" from Les Miserables
Selected lyrics:
"Drink with me to days gone by, to the life that used to be
At the shrine of friendship never say die
Let the wine of friendship never run dry
Here's to you, and here's to me."