One of the most famous movie quotes comes from the Wizard of Oz, “there is no place like home”. After this past week, I can say there are a thousand different meanings behind that! I am now on my way back to Richmond after spending just over a week back home in Raleigh and realizing just how much I did and didn’t miss it.
Quick run down of the week-
Got home last Saturday and was greeted by my oldest niece, Addison, as she ran up the stairs, arms out stretched, and yelling my name. I have never loved a hug that much! So I spent Saturday and Sunday helping my parents take care of my nieces until my sister and brother-in-law got back from New Orleans. I don’t know how my parents managed having them Thursday-Sunday if I was that exhausted after only 24 hours!
Monday, I got to go out to lunch with Mom and do some shopping before going to have dinner with two of my favorite Santa’s (alright… my two favorite) and hear them and Daddy tell stories at the Laurinburg Story Tellers Guild. Very cool thing.
Tuesday, I got to see my cousin Nancy and my Great Aunt Doris since they were visiting my grandparents. This was awesome anyway, but then I got to experience my first earthquake with Nancy who lives in Washington state… needless to say this wasn’t as exciting for her as it was for me!
Wednesday, I caught up with a life long friend and got to go to another dinner with about 12 santas. Yes… this really is what I do on my break!
Thursday, I got to be with my nieces once again and once again, Addison made my day when she saw me and yelled out “Jord!” and gave me a big hug (I have been upgraded from “Jrory”). Got to catch up with my former supervisor and friend over lunch and then CRASH.
Friday was another catch up day with coffee with a friend from Middle school on, and lunch with my sister.
Saturday was Irene. No power in the morning, it came back on, and it was out again. Thankfully we didn’t get as much damage (really none) but the storm did stay overhead for 12 hours. Yay, Raleigh.
Sunday, I got to go to Greensboro for church at Starmount. It was great to see everyone again and catch up with my family there, not to mention Nancy and Doris went as well so I got to see them one more time. Lots of time in the car with Mom which was awesome.
Now, I am on megabus heading back north and more than ready to be there. I love my family and already miss my cat terribly, but it is kinda crazy going back. I now need a break to recover from my break! We went through the good and bad this week with plumbing issues, exhaustion, and lots of smiles and laughs. I loved every second, but also missed Richmond. Wednesday went by without my Chipotle date with Daniel and Luke, and when I got bored I couldn’t go bang on their door upstairs to bother them or Christopher. Also, I was hearing about all of the mess going on in Richmond between the earthquake, thunderstorms, and hurricane. I have no idea what I am walking into when I get back, but I am ready for it.
Two weeks from today I will start my first class for the fall. In a way, my first seminary class (while greek counts, we never really did much beyond translations). It is such an exciting time! For now though, I will help people move in, make new friends, look forward to seeing the old (Luke and Daniel better get back soon cause I need Chipotle!), and try to get everything in order for class.
It was really great seeing everyone this week! If I didn’t see you, know that I was thinking about you with everything going on. Hopefully I’ll be back before Thanksgiving, but I won’t make promises on that one. You will definitely know when I head that way again though!
Off to the land of limited sweet tea now! And they call themselves the south…
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