I have now realized why I don't like coming home...

I'm stuck around a bunch of fools who act like high schoolers and don't have anything going for them, except for one guy who has his head screwed on right, although he is a Democrat, I'll just have to work on that later. I feel that I'm growing up and almost everyone around me my age is not and still thinks they are in high school.

There isn't much to do in Rochester when you've lived here for so long, because aside from the few things that I have yet to do, and continuously regret not having done already (Nick Tahou's garbage plate), there is nothing left to do. Wandering Wegmans late at night with someone and trying to find interesting stuff to buy is now one of the things I actually enjoy. Of course I enjoy being home with my family and doing stuff with them, but I like to have more choices than I am restricted to.

Plus, it's not that I hate my family, I love my family. I just feel that I'm growing up and that not being in college, even on a leave of absence, draws me back into a world that I would like to move on from. I'd rather sit in a room and watch West Wing or something like that with my CUA friends than go out and party with my friends back home. I think it's just allowing me to show a side that I really am, and not just hiding myself within a group that I would honestly prefer not to associate with. Being able to fit in very well with a group of people where I don't have to pretend to be someone I'm not is why I miss CUA more than almost anything else (although having a single room all to myself was pretty cool).

Be ready for my triumphal return, because it will happen, and if someone tries to tell me "No" I'll be telling them to smell the burning rubber of a car flying down the highways to DC.