wednesday night i was sitting in the garage having a beer with pappap and we kept hearing loud music coming through the woods from the direction of penn state. i could tell it was a band and not a dj so i said i was gonna go for a walk to see what was going on. so i took a nice walk through the woods, well what's left of them anyway, and saw nothing going on at the college, but across the way at damon's there was a biker night. it made me laugh but the music was so good that i was drawn to it and couldn't turn back. so i started walking down and ended up running into my troublemaker of a cousin on the way. we stuck out like sore thumbs but were accepted quickly by all. we even made some new friends, although it's not something i can tell bern about haha. but everyone was really cool and we had a few drinks, shared a few stories and lots of laughs, and just enjoyed the music and the company. i wasn't there long but it was really a lot of fun. and i really surprised myself by even going. i mean, come on, when was the last time you would picture me at a biker event? i'm guessing probably next to never. but it was fun and cool to be in a different environment and meet new people.
the walk back was probably the best part, though. while i crossed through campus, i was laughing to myself at how random and ridiculous the previous 2 hours or so had been. and then i heard some noises in the woods so i stopped to listen. i wasn't sure what it was, some kind of animal, but it sounded hurt and i felt really bad for it. of course, being me, i looked around to see if i could find it, but had no luck. so i just stopped and prayed. i don't know why i did. i haven't been feeling very much a part of my faith lately, even though i work in a catholic school now. but for some reason prayer has become stronger. i never was big on praying a lot, but now i find myself doing it more often. so as i was saying a short prayer i noticed some deer eating up in the clearing by the power lines. so i took a walk to my rock and sat down and watched them while i could see the sun setting in the valley on the other side of the mountain.
everything seemed so surreal. i've never had a moment where i felt so close to nature like that, but it was amazing and, for whatever reason, i started noticing more and more around me than i ever had before at that same place. i never realized how soft the forest floor was. it might sound silly but just walking around in the woods up there made me happy. and of course the smell was amazing, especially since it had just rained that day or the day before and there was a slight breeze...yeah, it smelled good haha. and there were so many birds out singing away, making it sound so pretty. well what i could hear of them over the music anyway. and of course, there were the animals. i was only there for maybe 20 minutes but i saw lots of deer, birds, owls (ok i know they count as birds but i don't see them that often), a fox, rabbits, frogs, chipmunks, squirrels, a racoon, and i don't even remember what else. it didn't matter though. i love animals so seeing them all made me happy. i'm not really sure why i'm writing all of this. i just felt so grounded at that moment and so...alive. it's amazing how even though there is only a little bit of woods left and it's only a stone's throw away, it's a completely different world once you step inside. it's so captivating and refreshing. for as much as i love the beach...and you all know how much i LOVE the beach haha...i know i couldn't live too far away from the mountains either. looks like i'll be visiting my rock much more often while i'm living up there...
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