Hello DC

Alright, well, I've got my GP squared away, got my health insurance cards, and got a referral with a list of counselors so I can keep up with whatever the hell is happening inside my brain.  Now I just need to etch in some time to do the research, do the trial runs (picking a psych counselor is like picking a life partner.  Seriously.) and get started on whatever homework they give me.  I hope there's homework.  I'm generally my most in-touch when in therapy and then snap back to all my bad habits once I'm out.

On another note, a friend of mine from back in California is in town, so I'm the most social I've been since getting here.  The weather's kind of a mess, but it won't hold us back too much.  The weekend's supposed to be nice.  I do still have to convince myself to leave the house every day, and meet my friend for dinner and drinks and such.  And she's, like, my best friend.  What the hell is the matter with me?? 

Oops.  I have pretty negative thought patterns.  I'm hoping a counselor can help me shape that up.

Anyway, looking at all these awesome buildings and memorials in DC that I've taken for granted, since I grew up here, has been interesting and enlightening.  Things you always thought were just there, a part of the overall architecture of your life, really have a lot of detail you never looked at because it was always there.  The Hirschorn may become my new favorite place for some quiet. Even on busy weekends it has a sort of calm energy inside it I could eat up with a spoon.

I visited the new MLK monument with my dad.  His fraternity in college was the major player in getting that monument idea started and rolling way back in the 60s/70s.  I never knew that.  One of those little things that rolled up into something larger.

I'm optimistic at the moment, America.  Despite the rain, and upheaval of moving and re-establishing everything about myself (driver license, car insurance, home address etc.), I feel substantially less manic here in the ol' hometown.  I am, however, a little reticent about becoming a Maryland resident...