back in the clouds

Hellllo!
Flordia is great! today i went to the pool. i made my mom go with me. We were about to walk outside and she was all "you better get a jacket, it's cold outside" and i was like, "mom, it's 75 degrees" "well, that's chilly!" whatever.
the pool in the middle of the day is representative of the best of saint cloud. nothin' but old people. and only the really nice ones who talk to you, and the ones who are impressive. there's this one guy, i think he's old, it's hard to tell because i don't wear glasses or contacts to the pool, but he's bald, so he must be old, right? well anyway, there's this old guy that just does the most beautiful butterfly up and down the pool...so beautiful...so impressive.
there was a lady there wearing a wetsuit today. in our heated community pool when the weather is in the 70s! i guess everything is relative, and cold has a different meaning if you run with the 65 and over crowd.
the old "good" people (the ones who exercise and want to talk to you and not just yell at you for playin' your rap music) are one of the few things i like about saint cloud. probably because we relate a lot--they hate the cold and they've done a lot of things in their life, and now they are taking a break. and the same is true of me, if we think of "life" as the last three years that i haven't been living in saint cloud.
then again. i know i'm old for my age, but this is kind of ridiculous.

anyway, it will be good to get out of saint cloud soon.
i like the oldies, but they do make you start to think that there is nothing to do that hasn't been done, and you have no obligation to do anything anymore except...well, go swimming and enjoy the warm weather. do activities. you've accomplished things, and now you are done. retired.
but i'm not done yet! i've got lots of stuff to do...and the first thing i have to do is go figure out what that is.
i'm excited about new york for lots of reasons. but one reason is i think that going to new york and living my life there, outside of school and outside of the normal structure i've been under for the last few years, will offer me the chance to "wake up" to a new phase of life.

sorry this is a short update--i've had an awesome break with my family and Melissa, but it's been pretty unremarkable. which, after 16 months straight of school and my life being busy to the max, it's been kind of nice for once to just let my brain melt for 3 weeks.

wish me luck for next week!