Wishing

As I sit on my bed, freshly clean and smelling like vanilla, I can't help but think about where I should be right now. I laugh when I catch myself wishing that I was on that big bus driving 13 hours to a remote mountain on the GA/TN border, but for the past five years around this exact time, that's what I have done. This year, on a whim, I decided not to go to Elevate, the youth group camp that I've gone to since the beginning of my days at Triple C. In a few short hours K. Katt, Chitty, J. Hadd, "C", Pike, B. Buck, R.Un., and all my fellow Triple C'ers will be meeting on top of the mountain for a fun filled week. They'll say hi to each other and act like they haven't been apart for a year. I wish I was going to the water park at 5 in the morning to play Swing Swing with Katt and "C", and then get smacked in the face by an ADD "C". Katt and I would laugh our heads off when we discover that "C" and "T" almost got kicked out for being stupid. And then we would head back up the mountain and I would sit down on my thinking rock, look over the edge of the mountain, and see all of Chattanooga. I long for that mountain all year long and it still amazes and confuses me that I didn't go when I had the chance.
With beauty like that sitting at my feet, it's impossible to be sad or confused when I sit on my rock.....



But back to the real world, where I am stuck for the time being. Last night there was a big storm and my power blew out. Luckily, Dragon had called me earlier that afternoon and asked me to spend the night, so I was saved from an unairconditioned home. Dragon, Lemon, and I went to Staples and Target like we do almost every time we're together. It's funny how immature the three of us get when we spend too much time apart and are then put back together. We went back to Dragon's and discussed everything from Literature to Geography to boys. I'm pretty sure Lemon was on crack or something because she couldn't stop laughing or making a weird comment every other second. After talking for a while, we realized how tired we were and we laid down in Dragon's bed and discussed baby names. I fell asleep halfway through that conversation and surprisingly, slept through the whole night.

Lately, my brain has been trying to process too much information and fix too many situations to slow down for 8 hours and let me actually sleep. But something about last night calmed me down. Most of the things I was worrying about were stupid and didn't really matter in the long run, so I guess I finally realized that and decided to quit thinking about them.


Well.... in an hour, I'm headed over to Joy's house to take her to P.C., a thrift store that buys your "gently used" clothes from you and lets you purchase their clothes. I hear that they have everything from Old Navy to Hollister to American Eagle and everything in between, so I'm super excited to find some good deals. After we shop, we're headed to Panera Bread. YUMMO.


Plans for tonight may include headed over to the O-town University for a little swing dancing. Supposedly you pay $5 a person and you get an hour long lesson and then you get to dance for three more hours.... The only problem- boys. You can't really go without one and I can't think of any boy that would be willing to go with me. So I'll probably do what I do every night, sit at home wishing someone would call me with something fun to do. :(


Anyways, sorry if this was a bit boring. I kinda treat this blog as my diary that other people get to read so I throw my emotions and random thoughts out there. Thanks for sticking with it.