I woke up at 6 and didn't feel like I could go back to the wonderful dream I had previously been in so I got up, got dressed, skipped a shower, grabbed my backpack (stuffed it with soda crackers, water, pop-tarts and granola bars), slipped on my shoes and headphones and headed out the door. I wandered up and around the high school, admiring the horrible new paint selections. Walked around Westside road for an hour or so. Lied down on the fresh morning grass at J.A. Laird then walked down to Kinsmen beach, where I spread out a beach towel in a lush area and basked in the 30°C rays shining on our town. Read a book, listened to some Gavin DeGraw and Death Cab and worked on my tan (yeah right).

I remembered then that Skylar's beach party was today and that it started in an hour. Deciding to attend, I headed home first to call Demi and see if she was going too. Called her, no-one answered. So I hopped on the comp for a bit, re-filled my water supply, packed a smaller towel and headed all the way across town to James Cabot for some swim time. Took me 45 minutes to walk there in that sweltering heat, and when I finally arrived, no-one was to be found. I shrugged it off, thinking that they might show up later. Walked down the Wildlife Boardwalk for a little scenic tour and took off back home, stopping at Gerris Gelati to get some more water. 45 minutes later, I arrived at my house, called Demi once more (receiving (yet again) no answer) and decided that I could drop a rented movie back off at the video store. Grabbed the movie and $1.75 and trekked back into town, where I bought a Jones from the book store and dropped off the movie. Then I went all the way back down to Cabot to see if anyone had arrived yet, but seeing no-one there, I decided to hell with that idea and walked the train tracks for 2 hours or so, where I picked up interesting bits of glass and wrote poetry while walking barefoot.

As I was nearing the end of my track-walk, the train came and I walked beside it, loving the sounds as it rumbled along. It was a long train, and as the front of it reached close to it's destination it slowed down, and I let my fingers run over the cars as it did. The train stopped completely and I glanced to the other side through a gap in the cars and saw Thomas! It was so strange. We met at the exact same spot. Turns out, he had lost his cell earlier on my side of the tracks and was coming back to get it. As he climbed over to get it, Demi popped up behind him. It was all such a pleasant surprise. Tom re-crossed to the other side and I followed them, talking about things. Stopped at the Bakery, where Tom split off to go home, and Demi and I walked to the Cenotaph in the town center, where we sat for an hour and talked about the up-coming camping excursion to Enid, her Twilight-esq life and Grad presents. I carved my initials into her new ring with a pocket knife, talked a bit more and then parted. I enjoyed that small portion of time. If she feels obliged to, she's supposed to knock on my window sometime tonight to go for a walk. I really hope she does.

I woke up at 6 and didn't feel like I could go back to the wonderful dream I had previously been in so I got up, got dressed, skipped a shower, grabbed my backpack (stuffed it with soda crackers, water, pop-tarts and granola bars), slipped on my shoes and headphones and headed out the door. I wandered up and around the high school, admiring the horrible new paint selections. Walked around Westside road for an hour or so. Lied down on the fresh morning grass at J.A. Laird then walked down to Kinsmen beach, where I spread out a beach towel in a lush area and basked in the 30°C rays shining on our town. Read a book, listened to some Gavin DeGraw and Death Cab and worked on my tan (yeah right).

I remembered then that Skylar's beach party was today and that it started in an hour. Deciding to attend, I headed home first to call Demi and see if she was going too. Called her, no-one answered. So I hopped on the comp for a bit, re-filled my water supply, packed a smaller towel and headed all the way across town to James Cabot for some swim time. Took me 45 minutes to walk there in that sweltering heat, and when I finally arrived, no-one was to be found. I shrugged it off, thinking that they might show up later. Walked down the Wildlife Boardwalk for a little scenic tour and took off back home, stopping at Gerris Gelati to get some more water. 45 minutes later, I arrived at my house, called Demi once more (receiving (yet again) no answer) and decided that I could drop a rented movie back off at the video store. Grabbed the movie and $1.75 and trekked back into town, where I bought a Jones from the book store and dropped off the movie. Then I went all the way back down to Cabot to see if anyone had arrived yet, but seeing no-one there, I decided to hell with that idea and walked the train tracks for 2 hours or so, where I picked up interesting bits of glass and wrote poetry while walking barefoot.

As I was nearing the end of my track-walk, the train came and I walked beside it, loving the sounds as it rumbled along. It was a long train, and as the front of it reached close to it's destination it slowed down, and I let my fingers run over the cars as it did. The train stopped completely and I glanced to the other side through a gap in the cars and saw Thomas! It was so strange. We met at the exact same spot. Turns out, he had lost his cell earlier on my side of the tracks and was coming back to get it. As he climbed over to get it, Demi popped up behind him. It was all such a pleasant surprise. Tom re-crossed to the other side and I followed them, talking about things. Stopped at the Bakery, where Tom split off to go home, and Demi and I walked to the Cenotaph in the town center, where we sat for an hour and talked about the up-coming camping excursion to Enid, her Twilight-esq life and Grad presents. I carved my initials into her new ring with a pocket knife, talked a bit more and then parted. I enjoyed that small portion of time. If she feels obliged to, she's supposed to knock on my window sometime tonight to go for a walk. I really hope she does.