I had every intention of sitting down and writing something tonight.
Then I spent about an hour on the phone with my favorite Austin friend, who is also one of my favorite friends in the world. It was a good reminder WHY....after years and miles and both of us working too much, that all falls away. And, interestingly, we've both reached that "I don't have to prove myself to everyone and I'm not gonna" point with our careers at pretty much the same time. We're working on a troublemaking plan, and I hope it will be sooner than later.
While I was on the phone with her I had a flurry of emails show up from the first friend I made in college. We both started in pre-medish things, both ended up being political science majors. We stayed up all night together frequently, sometimes studying, sometimes drinking, sometimes just sitting around talking. He ended up in law school, I actually ended up doing what we both started out to do. Twenty-something years later, we still have this amazing respect for each other and a strong bond. No, we don't know the day-to-day of each other's lives. But we're each always out there for one another, and we each have an awful lot of respect for who we've both grown up to be. We ended up talking for a little after I got off of phone call #1, and while it was good to catch up I would be lying if I didn't say I wish he had sounded happier. He reminded me that my ability to play is a more valuable skill than I sometimes recognize; his life sounds so serious to me, and I just wouldn't be able to do that.
Old home night. Sometimes it's not a bad thing at all. It was almost enough to make me a little homesick. Almost, but not quite.
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