choo choo
Time can be like the bullet train from London to Paris, only it is often kind enough to make many stops along the way.I hung out with my old BYU roomie tonight. We sat with three other acquaintances at dinner and had a great chat about our children, our lives in different states, our church responsibilities. In the last 22 years since I got married I have seen her maybe 5 or 6 times, either when she has come to Utah to visit her family, or when we have stopped at her home in Chicago on one of our many cross-country trips to see mine. The train has stopped for those short visits, and the passengers that have both boarded and left the train have been numerous: new babies, grown children, career changes. Anything that has caused change.
So this morning, after a 4-hr dinner (we were encouraged to leave the restaurant an hour and a half after it closed), I have travel fatigue. It is like a jet lag feeling that comes from jumping onboard long enough to get comfy and then being shoved out the door, while the train is still moving. I need to reset my watch and get a nap.
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I have found when I look back or visit the past for to long I feel jolted back to the present. We go through so many changes and so much growth, it's almost like I don't know myself.
I guess what I'm saying is, I get it. Being shoved off a train and needing a nap.
Even an old name on facebook can do it to me.
You are the master of the analogy.
Heidi is right. You are. And knowing the marathon you have been running lately, it's no wonder you have travel fatigue. I hope this weekend slows down a bit for you.
And I am a total sentimental sap when it comes to people that have mattered to me. So that beat up feeling is so worth it.
Which roommate was it that came? Pam??
Fabulous analogy. It's all a bit head spinning and exhausting and wonderful all in one moment, isn't it?
It makes me hurt to leave those friends.
It has taken me a week to recover from this weekend.
It is always cool to have time with good buddies. :-)
Amazing how quickly time moves! Hope this weekend is relaxing and rejuvenating.
I suppose there are worst things to complain about; glad you got to meet up with your bud :)
An hour and half after?! You must have had fun talking. And Heidi stole my comment...I love the analogies you make:)
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