an itching in my thumbs

By itchythumbs

Berlin

5:20a - Pick up coffee.
5:25a - Leave for Austin.
8:05a - Begin hitting rush hour traffic in Austin.
8:45a - Arrive at LBJ School, check in. See name you recognize on sheet. Write off as impossible.
9:00a - Observe a class.
10:40a - Sit down for a presentation. See someone familiar from behind.
10:42a - Realize someone familiar is in fact, someone familiar.
11:09a - Someone familiar spots you, next several hours of your life are mildly awkward.
1:15p - Begin to question direction of your life.
2:35p - Realize you have no idea what you're doing.
2:45p - Have long meeting about something nostalgic.
5:00p - Leave to go home to Fort Worth. Sit in rush hour traffic in a place you no longer live, again.
6:15p - Stop for dinner. It is supposed to be hot, but is instead cold.
7:45p - Lightning storm over north central Texas.
8:45p - Park in front of house.
9:00p - Torrential downpour. See German coasters as reminder of someone familiar. In an unnecessary existential moment, photograph them.
10:00p - Exhaustion; bed.

Whirlwind trip days are...well, whirlwind.

Backblips:

Sunday - ye olde.

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