Homeward Bound - Almost.

I can't believe our time here is almost done.  We leave DR for Quincy early-ish tomorrow, and from Quincy we will spend a bit of time in St. Louis before heading home. 


DO NOT WANT!!!!

I have had the most amazing experience here.  Even if we weren't coming back (which we are) I am a changed person, in a lot of ways.  Living in community, if only for three weeks, has taught me a lot about myself and the ways that I relate to people.  Also, I'm pretty sure we're vegetarians now. At least mostly.  I have had zero desire for meat in three weeks (there was even a roast turkey at the May Day party last night that I passed over) although I have been dreaming about some ice cream.  So there's no way I'm vegan.

I'm happy here.  Happier than I've been in years.  I've made what I feel like are real connections with people who are genuinely pleased to make new connections.  I've sang and danced, I've drank an awful lot of home brewed beer, I've learned an awful lot about how to grow and cook real food (black beans with nettles?  Yes please!) and I don't want to go back to a world where things like iPhones and bin Laden and commercials matter.  I haven't seen a television in three weeks.  I haven't seen a commercial, news, or mind numbing sit-com in three weeks.  I haven't had cell service in three weeks.  

So what have I done?  Walked, learned, listened, felt. 

And yes, we are coming back.  There are two possible timelines here - one: We go home, we sell everything we own as quickly as we possibly can, and we get the hell out of dodge.  Two: We screw around until the end of July, when someone from here will be down in New Orleans.  We can get him to zip over to Mobile and lug our shit back, and we split gas.  Timeline dos has some advantages - besides saving us a good chunk of change on either shipping or renting a uhaul, it gets us back here closer to august, and closer to when Wisteria Lodge will be available to us.  If we come right back, we will have to tent until August-ish.  Not terribly appealing. 

I really just don't want to leave.  Fuck the world out there.  These people are too awesome, too real, this experience has changed me too much to even think about living in that again.