Winter Break

I would first like to apologize for the last post not having a link. I won't go back and add one now, that just doesn't feel right. To be honest I couldn't come up with a link that fit with the theme of the post, and then forgot about it.

My week home has been a whirlwind. Friday night my mom picked me up at the airport. We ended up at my friend's house that evening because my dad and sister's were out doing something that night. Saturday was a DSS night. I was able to see almost all of my friends. Sunday I hung out with Daniel, played games. Monday the orthodontist adjusted my braces and my mouth still hurts. That evening my group of friends had a LAN party all night. It is luxury to bring a laptop instead of a desktop to a LAN party. I played my first Warcraft III melee game in months. I will need to play this again. Today I recovered from last night by sleeping from the time I got home till about 4:00. This evening we had dinner with some good friends who I hadn't seen yet. When we got home I watched some tv with my mom and then read Xenocide, the third in the Ender's Game quadrilogy.

I am realizing that even though I don't leave for four days, my time here is limited. I am assuming Saturday will be mostly spent preparing for and traveling. Thursday is of course Thanksgiving. This leaves Wednesday and Friday to see all the people I want to see and do all the things I want to do. The first being the one concerning me.

I haven't really felt like I've been away. Nothing is different. The importance of seeing people is more intellectual than emotional right now. In Xenocide the characters can travel at light speed. A journey that takes 6 weeks at lightspeed takes over 20 years for everyone else. On would travel to a far planet and arrive a few weeks later and all their friends would be decades older. My time in Indiana feels like this. The quarter went by so fast it's like I was in a time bubble. I haven't felt like I've been away, but I'm sure since nothing else changed here, my friend's notice my absence. This paragraph feels quite awkward... I am far too lazy to proofread my blog posts however, to do anything about it.

I suppose I should justify the link for this post. I am taking my little sister to see The Incredibles for her birthday tomorrow.