on the road...again...

matt and i were walking in the park in omaha, trying to find a shady spot to hang out, and he asked me what I've been up to. Not until I really thought about it did I realize that I've been moving around a lot lately. It seems like every week is just a combination of recovering from one out of town weekend and preparing for the next. Matt usually makes me explain why I do things so I was trying to find a quick answer so I just said that the absense of international travel was making me a little antsy this summer. I kept thinking about it and I think it's more than a lack of entertainment in Iowa City. I think subconciously it's become a huge priority to spend time with people who were, are, or will be a big part of my life. It's not just boredom or lonliness like I thought. I've actually been really busy in Iowa City getting ready to move and I've gotten to hang out with some people that I don't see very often. It makes me look back at the past few years and see how different actions and decisions, even attitudes, have really formed who I am and who I spend time with.

I guess I've been evaluating some choices, thinking about how different my life would have been if little things had gone differently. I don't mean to say that I regret any of it. There was a time when I was forced to be very intentional about how I spent my time (and who I spent it with) and now I can see where different groups of people left my life for a time, and it's so great to see how a few of them have come back into my life. I guess this is another time when I have to be more intentional about maintaining relationships. I'm hoping to learn how to actually communicate while I'm still within driving distance of most of these people.

This post could go on forever. Point being, I'm sitting at Alex's watching Battlestar Galactica and it's making me realize how far I am from what I thought my life would be...as in, I never thought I'd hang out with Sci-Fi lovers, theater geeks or boys who collected comic books...and I never ever thought I'd be living with that Japanese Daum Boy. So yeah I guess this is the cliche post about "choices" and how the little ones become the big ones...blah blah blah...and how God brings people into your life who change it and you'll never be the same...blah blah blah.

Ok now we have to go to Irish Fest.