it's good to be back.
back to princeton, back to pts, back to familiar faces and familiar places (ooh, i rhymed!).
the apartment doesn't feel like home yet, but we're starting to settle. we arranged most of our living room furniture just like it was in the baltimore apartment, which helps. when i sit on the couch, the coffee table is in the correct place for me to toss my feet up on it, and the end table is right there waiting for my glass of iced tea.
the bedroom feels new and different - i haven't slept very well yet, but again, i'm starting to settle a bit.
and yet, while the apartment still feels new and different, walking onto campus yesterday felt as comfortable and familiar as i would have hoped. my magic id card let me into alexander hall, and i trudged up the three flights of stairs to my (old) floor, where i saw familiar people in the dim and familiar light of the hallway. i ran errands today on campus, saw more people, gave more hugs, caught up on summers and on the classes we're taking...
not to mention the fact that i have FOUR ole buddies who are starting this year. four new people to add to the handful of people who understand what "the pause" is, and know what worship is like in boe chapel, and know what life on the hill was all about. it's a little freaky that one of these new oles was one of the first-years in my corridor when i was a JC (like an RA, only specifically trained for a first-year residence hall). i haven't talked to her yet, but it makes me feel old and young all at the same time.
classes start tomorrow. i can't wait. i know that it's only a matter of weeks before i am hopelessly behind on my work, until i am crabby with midterm week, until the newness of the classes has worn off and i find myself daydreaming about second semester registration where i can, of course, register for better classes...
but for the moment, pts feels like home.
welcome back.
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