I'm back and still procrastinating, although I have managed to read the majority of my references so that's a plus.
I was just emailing a friend and talking about Thanksgiving plans, of which I have none. My dad was talking about coming out but couldn't find a flight and a friend invited me to his family's shindig, but I think I would feel a little out of place. So this somehow got me thinking about the dearth of people my age, particularly single people, in this area. Mostly I meet people younger than myself and people a lot older than myself. This is because I go to college and meet college aged folk and work in a field that has the highest median age of all medical occupations. Don't get me wrong I like all my friends be they younger or older than myself. But even so, you would think I could meet somebody in the Gen-X age range who doesn't have children or other obsessive familial obligations. Where are all the single 27-35 year olds in Louisville and why haven't I met them? Maybe I've just watched too many episodes of Sex and the City and somehow convinced myself that there are groups of single people hanging out, having brunch, and not talking about how their child is the SMARTEST KID EVER because they stopped wiping their poopies on the walls. And not that I'm saying that having a family is a bad thing, hey if you can get that family life to work for you then kudos. I guess I just can't shake this feeling of having this singular solitary existence. Current soundtrack of my life...the Sesame Street theme song:
Somebody come and play
Somebody come and play today
Somebody come and smile the smiles
And sing the songs
It won't take long
Somebody come and play today
Somebody come and play
Somebody come and play my way
Somebody come and rhyme the rhymes
And laugh the laughs
It won't take time
Somebody come and play today
Somebody come with me and see the pleasure in the wind
Somebody see the time is getting late to begin
Somebody come and play
Somebody come and play today
Somebody come and be my friend
And watch the sun 'til it rains again
Somebody come and play today
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