home again

I'm home now, after an uneventful drive from Hagerstown, Maryland to Chatham, New Jersey. I'm in my parents' house, sleeping in my old bedroom, sitting at the kitchen table, drinking coffee my mom made and eating bagels my dad bought. We went out to dinner last night with our neighbor and I had good old NJ diner food. Life is pretty good when you don't have to pay for anything. And when you're home. But mostly when you don't have to pay for anything.

Last night when we were getting ready for bed, my mom said, "Oh, shoot. Your bed isn't made. But the sheets and mattress pad are clean."

"GOD DAMN IT, MOM!" I exclaimed.

We both burst out laughing. I like being home. My dad even made me a sandwich yesterday while I sat at the table and did nothing.

It's May 17, and in a little more than a week I will be heading right back down to Knoxville to see Neil Young with Pat on May 27. I can't wait. But til then, I will hang out here in NJ, rest, clean my car, do my laundry, walk my dog, and generally enjoy myself.

Last night and today I spent a bunch of time uploading a sneak peek of my pictures to Facebook (if you're not my friend there, you should be - though my real name admittedly is not Chantal Bonney - that is merely my road name. Patrick's is Jackson Steel), and today I got the last of them uploaded to Photobucket. I divided them into albums based on location and will upload them here in separate entries.

So stay tuned.