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As usual, I don't have any coherent thoughts, I just wanted to write.

At the recruitment party last night, I wore a tank top under a zip-up sweatshirt, because I've run out of warm things to wear and have learned that two or three California shirts equal one Connecticut shirt. After a couple of beers, I got too warm for the sweatshirt, so I took it off and realized that, for the first time since last summer, I was wearing just a tank top. It felt wonderful. I felt like I was back in California. I felt so light. Warm clothing is so heavy and restrictive! I dunno why it was such a huge deal, but I guess it also sort of reinforced that feeling in me of still being a Californian; underneath all these warm Connecticut clothes, I am still the weird neurotic tank top-wearing California girl I enjoyed being. I definitely feel like a different person here most of the time, and since I was really happy with the person I was becoming in California, sometimes that's a sad thing. Every once in a while, when I discover that the California part of me is still there, it makes me very happy.

Anyway. I really need to get to the laundromat. I'm washing EVERYTHING today, blankets and sheets and the blanket that thinks it's a rug, and when I get home I'm going to vaccuum and wash dishes and sweep the kitchen and bathroom and my apartment will be CLEAN all over for the first time since I moved in. I'm looking forward to it.

Date: 2007-02-17 06:14 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] either-or.livejournal.com
i know what you mean, and i'm still *in* california. i don't like to wear real shoes and i miss the sun immensely when it rains for more than a day. it's something about the air, too...

Date: 2007-02-17 08:15 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] oceantheorem.livejournal.com
Oh man, I'd forgotten about other shoes.... I guess that wasn't quite as big a change for me, because I had to wear sneakers every day in California anyway, to keep my toes covered in lab. But there's definitely something about the air, and the way California smells, that my heart just yearns for.
It's cool. I'll be back someday. Connecticut's not that bad. Especially since I know it's not a permanent change. I'll just appreciate California that much more when I get back.

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