It's finally happened, I've made it home. I was definitely ready to be back. The last few weeks of travel through Europe have worn me down and I'm ready to be back on the lake.
I arrived home around 1:30am last night after leaving Amsterdam 28 hours earlier (a whole other painful story in itself). Mom was the first person at the airport, and consequently the first to get a hug. It didn't really feel like being home though, or at least not what I had expected. I woke up (in a bed!!) at 8am and was more or less bored an hour later after trying to show mom and make a dent in the massive 10GB of pictures. Then it was a call from Tiana to see if I was up for some sea kayaking. I was planning on staying home for a bit more but then thought better of it, loaded up the car with a few bags of clothes and outdoor essentials (life jacket, tent, sandals, etc). It was like Christmas going through all that stuff (probably because it had been Christmas since I've last seen it). I'd find another box, open it up and, BOOM, something cool would be there.
Anyway, the minute I walked up to the Union in Madison, it hit me that I was home-in a jet of water (thanks Tristan). Haha, I was actually excited, showing real excitement for something. Man, I missed everything and everyone so much. I walked down to the lakefront and there were already 10 friends I hadn't seen since leaving just working down on the piers. I went out on the lake in a kayak, the first time of the year. I even had a momentary lapse in memory when I couldn't figure out how to paddle the first 30 seconds. But once out on the lake, it was just awesome, looking back at all of the boats, heading out towards picnic point, just gliding across the water. I even got a boat ride from Jessie. It's gonna be an awesome summer!!
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