The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Back in Nola, back at work. I need a new career. Or at least a general paradigm shift. I shouldn't stay content anymore.
I was walking to work the other day and the Apple Bottom Jeans song (It's actual title is "Low", and I really like it despite my general music interests.) came on in some club I was walking past. It made me wistful for a bit. I'm not bitter, just sad and scared and uncertain all the time. I can see every misstep and wrong decision with the clarity of 20/20 hindsight...and I know wishing doesn't help anything. Still, It's been such an emotionally messy couple of months...I wish things were different, or better, or just not fucked-up. I'm not a villain. I'm just the one who couldn't keep up.
Sometimes people surprise you. Sometimes that's a very bad thing. There's so much pain around me. It makes my own a little less substantial. I think that's actually good, in a way, because it allows my caretaker instinct to overwhelm my own sadness and distract me from my demons long enough to see to the needs of others, and sometimes that's enough to eject me from the cycle.
The wedding was really beautiful. The most beautiful ever. I miss them so much already. They need to be closer. Or we all need to be rich so we can visit all the time. That goes for several people we saw, actually.