Home again, in love again...

I was right. Leaving was harder than being left. I have never seen a flight so clearly, before. We climbed to 30,000 feet, and I did not once lose sight of land because of clouds. I have come to the conclusion that everything is more beautiful when you're in it. Above it, there is a sense of dispassionate longing. "It looks nice, but I wish I could actually be there." It's the same with pictures. Nothing beats being there back at the place you were, or back in the arms of someone you love.

Back home was nothing big. Mom and Dad both have the bug, and I think I'm getting it, too. We just stopped for dinner before going home. The next day saw me killing time until I picked up K.C. and joined Mike, Liza, Hutch, and Dave over at Billy's for gaming! THAT was fun! But gaming always is. It's a chance to live out adventures, albeit through our imaginations, but still, when we do it together, it's a lot more fun than by ourselves.

I shot again, today. I was on, too! 30 yard shots were easy, today. It's amazing. Every single time I pick up a bow, I am reminded how much passion I have for it with a jolt that is alarming. It's as if I forget the depth of that love until I handle the suede grip again, and feel the sweet, sweet tension in the string mounting higher and higher in my shoulders and back, against my fingertips, my smile getting wider and wider until I finally release! There is nothing quite so beautiful as an arc. Whether it be the bend of a longbow, the flight of an arrow, or the curve of my love's lips in a smile, I am hooked, addicted hopelessly to the shape.

Speaking of Lanelle, I would like to ask that she is prayed for. The doctors say that her hypER-thyroidism has switched to hypO-thyroidism. It's annoying to Lanelle, more than anything else, but I hate to see her so irritated, and so I ask that prayers go up for both her and her doctors.

Today is my best friend's birthday, and I must go and shop for him. I'm still divided over whether to get him something I know he'll want, or something I think he would appreciate. Maybe I'll get him both! Stay tuned!