For some reason this idea of getting in touch with people from the past has been coming up in different forms lately. On the other hand, D and I recently discussed the challenge of spending time with our current friends/family along with the idea of making new friends. There are so many people that we meet or already kind of know and want to spend time with but it seems insane because we already don’t spend enough time with people currently in our life. Why bring people from the past into the mix?
There’s something about people from the past that I love. I love hearing about people I’ve lost touch with and even more, I love catching up with someone I haven’t heard from or spoken to in a long time. However, the people from the past that are springing up are actually people that I’ve lost touch with because of a conflict or wrongdoing. I’m confused about my own feelings…why I would want to catch up with such a person… or why WOULDN’T I want to know what has happened to such an individual. Is curiosity a good reason or is it just opening up a can of worms? For the record I can truthfully say that I have long since moved on from these situations so I certainly am not harboring any ill will or negative feelings. Yes, yes, I know, you’re thinking, ‘That’s what Facebook is for!’ Yes, in fact it is, but I don’t think Facebook is going to cut it.
Maybe there’s something about the Christmas season that stirs up emotions or thinking that people have put out of their minds for awhile. People feel a little nostalgic. They’re actually thinking more about memories of the past and somehow making sure the present turns into future memories…
Speaking of the present… (yes, I know this is a horrible transition)
This winter break has been completely insane! I haven’t even had time to take the laundry from last week out of the dryer! Today I spent the morning on the couch because I felt emotionally fragile after two horrible incidents with the pup but other days have just been filled with activity. Christmas related activity, The Reckoning, seeing friends, just generally catching up on things I haven’t been able to do because of school. Yet the house is still filthy. What up with that? Sometimes I think a housekeeper would be nice- just to come and clean the floors and vacuum the dog hair once a week.
I’ll try to blog more the next couple of weeks because we have a lot going on…
**EDIT**
What a pleasant day this has turned out to be! Somewhat spontaneously met up with my best friend for some Johnny Mango’s, then picked up the husband and shared a hot cocoa at Gypsy. Came home, took a quick nap before heading over to Tree Country where we ran into Gauri post violin recital. Enjoyed a delicious dinner of Sweet Potato Tempura Maki and Massaman Curry (soooo good!) Ended the evening at Zachariah’s book signing party. It’s good to see him and catch up with other friends. As a bonus we came home with Motley Crue’s autobiography signed by the notorious Zachariah. We should have had him sign Becoming A Woman of Freedom too. On a kind of sad note, we noticed that our copy of the Five Love Languages is gone.