Back to Ithaca

Ithaca was wonderful. Seeing Darren and Alison was great. Darren had some friends from home visiting and we grilled and went fishing at the waterfall near his apartment on Saturday night. Alison and I are bringing back the band and had our first band practice in Darrens lofted bedroom around 1 a.m. I'm not exactly sure how we sounded but we're both going to practice more and since we'll be in the same area we think we can make it work this time.

We went to look at an apartment for me in Cortland Sunday afternoon and three on Monday. I cried. Cortland is not Ithaca. I had no idea. I'm also feeling very overwhelmed and have been crying at the drop of a hat whenever something doesn't end up how I expect. Anyway, long story short, Darren is looking to get out of his apartment and we decided to move in together closer to downtown in Ithaca. I think this is going to work out the best.

The Wilco concert was exactly as I had hoped it would be. Laurie, Matt and his three friends met Alison and I there. We had lawn seats and people were pick-nicking. Matt and Laurie brought wine and we had chips and blankets. When the concert started we were all able to get a little closer. I ended up being pretty close and stayed there. I hadn't been to a big concert in such a long time, it was so great. The next morning I was sad to say goodbye to everyone again. And the car ride home was very quiet. I thought about happiness and how fleeting it is and about what my new life is going to feel like. (At that point I still thought I was going to live alone in Cortland.)

I'm finishing up canvassing this week. I'm driving to Binghamton to meet up with another Project Coordinator who will then drive to NYC for training on Sunday. Training is for a week, and then I start the job at Cortland very soon after that. I hope Darren finds an apartment quickly. I'm going to be homeless for a little bit. I am still shocked at the way things worked out this year. At the very least, five years from now, I will look back at my first year out of college knowing I did everything backwards, and laugh about it.

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