and even when you are hiding, life can slap you in the face

I've been hiding for the last couple of months in this amazing place called Burlington, VT. I've been hiding out here, working on my secret passion for politics and slowly growing out of college. Though my longing for escape has always been easy to satiate, I always want to go back to the norm after a few months doing something else. For a while so far this summer I thought I wasn't going to want to go back to UPS, things here were too perfect...

my semester ended on a funky note, I was infatuated with two very different girls, one a good friend and the other a dangerous crush (caite). I left both on a foul goodbye, I was too afraid to admit my feelings to one of them and caite knew full well where I stood but it hardly mattered. Completely ready for a change on those notes I made haste to get the fuck out of Tacoma and start getting over them both while focusing on the one thing in the world that I care about more than friends and family... politics.

All summer I have been so happy that I've felt a little bizzare without my usual longings and displeasure... but I guess I can't leave the world well enough alone, or perhaps it can't leave me well enough either: I got too very unusual texts tonight, the first indicating that Caite "couldn't be more miserable" which I brushed off assuming perhaps a hangover or other maladie, the other saying how much she missed me. It was the second that caught me off guard, its not like her to take time out of the day to tell me she misses me... so I checked my voicemail and lo, a message from caite.

There's alot I don't know, but basically I think she's in the hospital, injured what sounds like pretty badly. I should know more tommorrow, but until then, its guesswork.

and all of a sudden, I'm seeking escape again. I'm done here. I've been shocked out of my comfort zone by something surprisingly unsettling:I care about Caite. Maybe its time to come home.

Peace kids, hit me up sometime... I'm in Burlington until the 18th of August... I think it might be excruciating.