just another heartache on my list

i have a small child inside of my heart - except, little by little, i have to peel away the pieces of hurt, unbundle her arms and just hug her... i feel like right now, though, she's still balled up in the corner, with only maybe her head peeking up like a tiny sparrow.

i have a long way to go.

tomorrow starts the Tennessee and Great Western Adventure vacations. i'm excited and anxious and tired-already. it'll be fun and relentless and then fun again before i know it. And when i come home, i have a job. i am erica anderson and employed full time with Varsity Photos. i know. its not the social changing phenomenon i had hoped for - sooner or later, though. hopefully more sooner than later.

i miss something right now. i'm lonesome and homesick and have swollen feet. maybe i should lay off the long islands for now.

farewell until the west is discovered by western virgin eyes.