Shhh...What's that sound? Silence!!!! Ahh yes- the blissful sound of nothingness. This is what I am craving right now. To be enveloped in absolutely no sound. I am home alone and it is wonderfully quiet. I have about an hour and a half before the noise of my life starts up again and for this stretch of time I am thankful. To me silence isn't about just the absence of noise and sound...it is to have quiet around me and within me. No computer, no books, no words...just silence and quiet.
Tomorrow school starts back up after 2 wonderfully full weeks of being off filled with a whirlwind and flurry of people and activities. I did and saw and played all kinds of things and ways. There were parties and get-togethers with family and friends and I would not have wanted to change a thing. There was even a rock concert we attended last night. We had 3rd row seats and went out to dinner after with friends at an extremely loud restaurant- our ears ringing the whole time. So yes- I am craving silence. I will blast into Monday with a sense of "I never left," bombarded with the same issues that were left 2 weeks ago as well as at least 2 new ones that have cropped up in the meantime and need to be dealt with immediately. There is a guarantee that tomorrow will be a "no silence zone." So, I will enjoy the time that I have and revel in the silence that this time brings to refresh myself for what tomorrow will bring.