Testoderm and Febreze

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There are Testoderm coffee cups and a spray bottle of Febreze in an awful scent on the windowsill in our bathroom. Somehow this perfectly describes our suite and the people that live here and come to hang out. Not that we are impotent, smelly people. Nah, we are just weird. And slapshod. And made of everything needed to keep going on. Or just weird.

Today I said goodbye and hello. Is it odd to say that I have found a new definition of Tarzan's "Two worlds, one family"? Because I have. Pain in leaving one behind is joy in greeting another. I know that I am only two hours away. That I could hop on an Amtrak and be home before dinner. But it doesn't work that way. I have a life here, and it consists of tests and papers and readings and remembering to shower and Testoderm coffee cups.

This is something I have to get used to . . . this letting go. It sounds ridiculous, but when I leave people for long periods of time, I catch them walking in strangers. Talk about them to friends that are here now. Wonder if they're worried. I think social media makes it worse as well as better; possible to talk but never touch. But at least we can talk. And Facebook. And text and email and tweet and Pinterest and Tumblr and YouTube and Snapchat and Facetime. That's something other generations never got. An I love you with a click.

Sending all my 'I love you's from Chapel Hill to the people in Mooresville with clicking the 'Publish' button on this post. All my love from the windowsill and the Febreze and the Testoderm coffee cups.

With love,
Laney

Beginning (Again)

Hello people of the interwebs! My name's Laney. My friends call me Lanes, Eleanor, Lancelot, and variations of "hey kid". Anyhow, I've been around the blogging block before . . . about six times actually. I never worked on any of them for more than a few months. BUT, this is my pledge right here and now to continue this one for at least three years, posting at least three times a month (hopefully more!)

So, I hope you stick around with me! Yes you, random person reading this. You're fabulous and loyal and deserve a cookie. Okay two cookies, but only 'cuz of that winning smile you got going on there.

FUN FACT: The title of this blog is based off of a quote from Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.

"Uncertainty is the normal state . . . Relax. Respond. That's what people do." 

I love that, and I think it sets a good tone for this blog and for my life. Partly because who the heck knows what kind of posts you'll see up here for the next three years. Not me!

I have ideas, though. Lots. Hehehe. *rubs hands together maniacally*

Talk to you soon, internet friends!

-Laney