in kc

no...summer school is not 'officially' over yet...but i'm taking a bit of a break.

i am currently in my 'home town', kansas city. jt, cv and sr are in town for the tour of kansas city: three days of bike races in three different parts of the city. what im finding so cool about this is that two of the three races are in parts of kansas city that ive never been! its crazy: growing up here i thought it was the middle of nowhere, i craved a 'big' city...little did i know that i lived in a big city already. the longer ive been away [its been almost a decade], the more ive grown to appreciate it. sharing my hometown with folks from austin who have never been up here is SO MUCH FUN, especially when they keep professing their love for it. this morning jt said "seriously mel, if you ever decide to move back here, let me know." yesterday he was talking about moving. i told him i would be too sad if he left austin, but on the other hand, selfishly, i think it would be great if he moved here, because it would give me someone to hang out with when i come home: some people remain closely tied to their high school pals, i am not one of those people. there are a select few that i still talk to on occasion, but i dont have a circle of friends in this town anymore...which might be hard for some, like jt, to believe after walking into birdies [to say hi to peregrine and buy some new undies] and peggy noland [to say hi to peggy and see what crazy stuff shes sewn up recently] yesterday. i was greeted with a hug and a 'whats up girl? how the heck are you!?!' from both. people ask if i could ever move back, as if moving back is a bad thing or something... i have no doubt that if i were to move back, i would settle in pretty quickly..why? because i adapt to my surroundings by finding a new routine where ever i go: yesterday i ventured south to the foodwhole and stocked up on my essentials: carrots, fuji apples, popcorn, raw almonds, rice milk, fizzy water and kombucha. that said, at this point in my life, its really safe to say that i know i am supposed to be living in austin. i mean, afterall, it IS where the foodwhole's corporate headquarters are located....