Home for the Holidays
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all! I've been back in Abingdon since Friday night. I started home on the Greyhound bus at 10 a.m. that day and didn't get in until 10 p.m. that night! The bus system was so awfully slow and frustrating. But thanks to a friend, I got a ride from Roanoke to Abingdon and got home three hours earlier than it would have been! But it was still such a long and tiring ride...
But anyway, Christmas was great and I have seen many of my old friends so far. So much catching up and rekindling! I had a late night Perkins run with my friends Karen Hartshorn and Ryan Cury on Friday night once I got in. It was so great to see them both! Then today I saw my friends Meghan Kennedy and Olivia Gibbian. I had coffee with Meghan earlier today at Java J's downtown where we sat and discussed our college experiences thus far. She goes to NYU where she's in the Playwright's Horizon studio studying theatre. She's such a gorgeous actress and a wonderful person. I'm so fortunate to know her. Later on I went to see It's A Wonderful Life at the Barter Theatre with Olivia. It was a good show and it was nice to see the Barter again. Such a feeling of homecoming when I step into that lobby with the sweetened money-esque scent. the production value on the whole was very good - as they always are at Barter. A lot of talented people in that company, so it's always a joy to see them perform. The show was also very connectable, not the usual holiday fluff that theatre's resort to during the Christmas season. So, as you can tell, the friends and show made for a very enjoyable and well needed evening.
Other than this I've been spending time with family and eating food. LOTS AND LOTS OF FOOD. I think I will have to fast upon my return to D.C. because of the weight I've gained while being at home. But when your grandmother is as good as a cook as mine it, how can one say no? Pumpkin pie, sugar cured ham, fudge, all the wonderful, festive holiday foods! Not to mention the fact that food is soooooooo much better when someone else cooks! But this has to stop or I'll die of cardiac arrest! Southern cooking is so good, but so unhealthy. So when I head back this Saturday morning, it will be nice. I will have spent a good amount of time in Appalachia, but it isn't where I belong anymore. My need lies in other places further North where I still have things to discover and accomplish. But until my car pulls out, MORE FOOD!
But anyway, Christmas was great and I have seen many of my old friends so far. So much catching up and rekindling! I had a late night Perkins run with my friends Karen Hartshorn and Ryan Cury on Friday night once I got in. It was so great to see them both! Then today I saw my friends Meghan Kennedy and Olivia Gibbian. I had coffee with Meghan earlier today at Java J's downtown where we sat and discussed our college experiences thus far. She goes to NYU where she's in the Playwright's Horizon studio studying theatre. She's such a gorgeous actress and a wonderful person. I'm so fortunate to know her. Later on I went to see It's A Wonderful Life at the Barter Theatre with Olivia. It was a good show and it was nice to see the Barter again. Such a feeling of homecoming when I step into that lobby with the sweetened money-esque scent. the production value on the whole was very good - as they always are at Barter. A lot of talented people in that company, so it's always a joy to see them perform. The show was also very connectable, not the usual holiday fluff that theatre's resort to during the Christmas season. So, as you can tell, the friends and show made for a very enjoyable and well needed evening.
Other than this I've been spending time with family and eating food. LOTS AND LOTS OF FOOD. I think I will have to fast upon my return to D.C. because of the weight I've gained while being at home. But when your grandmother is as good as a cook as mine it, how can one say no? Pumpkin pie, sugar cured ham, fudge, all the wonderful, festive holiday foods! Not to mention the fact that food is soooooooo much better when someone else cooks! But this has to stop or I'll die of cardiac arrest! Southern cooking is so good, but so unhealthy. So when I head back this Saturday morning, it will be nice. I will have spent a good amount of time in Appalachia, but it isn't where I belong anymore. My need lies in other places further North where I still have things to discover and accomplish. But until my car pulls out, MORE FOOD!
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