Afterglow 2016 - Day 8 Saturday

 

 

To stave off the Afterglow Blues (which is a real thing), I laid out on the couch and watched the Brewers vs. the Pittsburgh Pirates (a game in which they won 5-3). While it was a temporary reprieve from the pain of leaving paradise, it wasn't enough to make it totally go away. After all, the only cure for less Afterglow is more Afterglow. Since I couldn't get that, I just needed to deal with it.

Being back home is hard. I'm not going to sugarcoat it. But my best pal Korben Dallas was happy to see me again and that made coming home worth it. At first he wouldn't come near me and was trying to prove that he was alright without me. But eventually he couldn't help but ignore his animal instinct to bond with his surrogate "Mother", which is me since I adopted him. And people say that I have problems.

 

The longest drive home is the one from Afterglow back to the Mothership. When you combine a week's worth of rage and the unwillingness to accept life back in the real World, it hits you real hard. But I guess it is not all bad. I'm there. Mom is there. Jenny Reck is there. Everyone that I love and hold close to my heart is back in the real World too. That makes the real World easier to handle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While nothing can ease the pain that is the Afterglow Blues, there is only one thing that comes close - snuggle time with Major Korben Dallas. I go on and on about him being a jerk. And that is true. But he is my jerk. He loves me and I love him. It makes perfect sense only if you are me, so I don't expect you to understand. But know that this was what I needed. As was Afterglow. And so it was.

 

 

 

       

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