these 12 hours at home are not enough!

well, i must admit, nashville surprised me this weekend. i think i went in with pretty low expectations - not really having any idea who i would get to see or what i would spend my time doing. turns out i got to see so many more people than i expected, i didnt cry all weekend, and i knew the whole time that it was right for me to move and start life somewhere else. friday i spent quite a fair amount of time at emi, and i wish i could've stayed longer and talked to people more, but that'll be for another trip next spring. then i got to meet baby justus and see emily and that was great, then went and met allison and saw her new house and then went and was silly at the corn maze. and found out that it is true, i am still nowhere near 6 feet tall. saturday morning was relaxed, slept in, ate panera, and went to the franklin fall festival. then helped allison create her prom queen sash for the halloween parties, then had dinner with lauri [which was a true highlight of the weekend] then met allison at missy's halloween party where i saw so many unexpected faces - it was a delight. this morning, got up, got ready, ate more panera, did some reading, went and hung out w/ john and emily and justus some more and then headed out of town promptly at 1:45. drove for 5.15 hours, filled the gas tank and hit the grocery store, came home, made tacos, watched random things on tv, and now am trying to motivate myself to unpack/repack as fast as possible and go to bed b/c work comes at 7am followed by another drive tomorrow afternoon in order to spend another week in monticello. maybe i'll get lucky and we wont be there all week and i'd get to come back to little rock early. that would be AWESOME. i really like it here and i want to be here more often to really start getting to know the people i've met. in the meantime, i'm exhausted... need to figure out some clothes for the week and then go to bed..