The Kate

Kate Wolfkill is a wonderful person and I like to be around her because she's absolutely transparent, and I think if we all were like her in that way, earth would be a far "better place" as they say.

Tuesday:

I went to chapel and then waited around campus until Kate was back from her final snowboarding class. Then we left and ate steaks at my family's home. Delicious. The highlight was Dunkin Donuts though because we got like 50 free doughnuts on account of closing time.

We got a few hours of sleep (I slept on the sofa because my brother was in my bed haha), and then we departed for Baltimore, where we parked and caught a train to DC. Train stations are sweet because you see many kinds of people all doing the same thing together. You see so many stories being lived and so many pasts having an effect on the present.

I told Kate I would teach her guitar if she taught me how to nap more efficiently, but despite her wonderful advice, I was relatively unsuccessful and when we arrived at the station to switch to the Metro, I was still pretty exhausted.

I won't give my thoughts on the Holocaust Museum, because you should really see it for yourself. For one, it is free. Also, it's just grand and effective. In fact, genocide today is more relevant than ever before.

We ate Knishes which was a great experience.

Kate's twin/triplet brother who goes to George Washington took us to a local burger joint which was an early dinner. Then we got on the college's bus and got to see both parts of the campus.

My Krislund friend Biz who teaches middle school English picked us up in Alexandria, VA to see her home and eat delicious food in a local Mexican restaurant. I like the food Mexicans create because you can put it all together and that's when it tastes good. For OCD people like myself, it doesn't really matter if the different foods get combined with each other and stuff like that.

We took the Metro and the Marc Train and my station wagon back to Kate's home. Her parents graciously stayed up to welcome me and Kate showed me around and I slept in a big comfy bed. Then I got twelve hours of sleep and Kate woke me up violently with pillows and made me very wonderful scrambled eggs and put my day off to a good start. In fact, we saw the reservoir and we visited her dad's work/business and I met her friend Emma which were all fantastic experiences.

So then I drove home, quickly packed the station wagon, and drove to Dalton's. Then he drove to Wise and exchanged his change for cash ($14). Now I'm typing this and listening to Aneirin practice. So tonight we will leave around 9 PM and arrive in Lynchburg, VA after a four hour trip. From there, we'll drive another 3 hours to Lincolnton, NC for a show Aneirin has.

I noticed many of my depression symptoms arise in the past 24 hours and I'm trying to limit the relapses. It's been awhile (a month and a half) since I've taken my pills and I kinda wish I had brought them back from Messiah. Maybe all of this testosterone around me will help.

Thank you Kate/Wolfkill family. Thank you mom for letting me borrow the Subaru (I parked it in Thurmont, and it's all locked up). Thank you Dan Garcia for joining Aneirin and doing politically incorrect things with your life.

Maybe I'll get some reading done in the van tonight, but more likely I will spend time catching up with old friends, who are all priceless.

To Messiah friends: I miss you.