Nostalgia

Been feeling a bit daydreamy lately, when I have a spare moment to think. Work is unendingly stressful, and today I pretty much had a nervous breakdown at work. I feel like I can't handle everything sometimes.

Last weekend I visited my parents, which I don't do very much. My mom showed me a box of old toys I used to have when I was a kid. It was such an awesome thing to find toys I had obsessed over as a child, especially Gonga, the cute little monkey at the beginning of this blog. I spent so much time playing with this toy, and yet over the past 10 years I had completely forgotten about him. I found myself staring at him later on that night, remembering a much different time in my life.

This feeling resonated as I went shopping with my dear friends Mandy and Kristin. We were at Best Buy and wandered down an aisle that had every TV show and kid movie we watched when we were little. Mandy bought "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" and I bought "The Neverending Story" and "The Secret of NIMH." The second one my brother inspired when he showed me the two little pet mice he has, one of which has the name Mrs. Brisby.

Which reminds me. I have the coolest brother ever... he gave me an iPod which I have always wanted!! He has given me many little gadgets to play with, things I cannot afford to buy but always wished I had. I am not just writing this because I know he reads this blog. I have had my family on my mind a lot lately, ever since the thought of moving far away from almost everyone I know has started weighing on my mind. I miss them now, even though I am only hours away by car.