Back to Reality

So, I’m once again back in Georgia and have been delivered an expected dose of reality. I started my usual boring classes today (comprised of the usual business classes with an English elective tossed in), but I’m taking a lighter load than usual so hopefully it won’t be too bad.
 
Meanwhile, I miss Heather. I suppose one of the downsides of our meeting is the best-case scenario was that we would miss each other horribly, which is the current situation. Still, it’s a little worse than I imagined – it’s startling just how quickly you can slip into a routine. I was only there 8 days and still I’m reaching for her when I wake up and attempting to hold hands with strangers on airplanes out of habit. And, no, I’m not even being dramatically mushy.
 
I had thought the meeting would be more awkward because Heather and I had talked so extensively and shared so much prior to it, but I think it actually made it less so. Honestly, the awkwardness was hardly noticeable (especially relative to my other online meetings) and had dissipated entirely by day 3. Still, I’m already having paradoxical memories of the week I spent there – it’s incredibly vivid in my mind, but at the same time it seems more like a mirage than reality. It was a very stark change from my usual existence being inserted into Heather’s (and her entire family’s) day-to-day life for a week. It’s hard to comprehend that it happened so slightly after all the build-up. And that now I won’t see her at all for another few months.
 
But I will see her again. And, ultimately, that I miss her like I do is an indication of how well the meeting went. I just continue to remind myself that the week was only a beginning (even if it seemed like a culmination in so many ways) and that I will see her again, sooner than I realize. And, either way, she is worth waiting for.
 
Ok, so that was dramatically mushy. Shut up.