i woke up this morning to a call from a friend who said she was in town for a bar crawl last night. her, my roommate, and i go out to eat at golden taipei. we walk in and there’s a buffet set up, but we request menus. i order general tsos chicken and they order some variant of western chinese chicken as well. we get our food and begin talking. we all met at unc charlotte, but she is from where i’m from, the triangle. she moved back there after graduation and she mentioned how she got hired at a store in beaver creek. beaver creek is a shopping center, where i used to go frequently as a teenager way back when. for some odd reason, hearing that made me happy. of course i was happy for her to get another job, but i was simply happy hearing beaver creek.
when i was home last weekend for my birthday, i got to talking to my brother meezy, and he mentions this program that would be good for me back home. it really has me thinking whether i should move back or not. it’s tempting. i love apex like no other, but lately it feels as if things in charlotte have started shaping up the way i’ve been wanting them to. i don’t know whether i’ve been dying to experience something similar to what i’ve had before, or something new, but it’s something about apex, and definitely something about the way things are falling into place now.
-ratha, 12:23pm, 4.30.17