Well, this marks the sun setting on my first full day in oklahoma.
And my emotions are mixed.
I truly never realized just how calm and safe I felt around my family until I got back here, except with my beloved here as well...this feels almost like the purest sanctuary. I have no fear of threat, nor plot.
All I can feel in this moment is the joy of being around my Mother and Father, and my cherished one.
My only concern, is the knowledge that time shall pass all too quickly, and I will once again be apart from them. Though I miss everyone at home in Illinois. (Venom sends her Hi's and hugs to all of our friends and her family.)
The signal is too unreliable to trust, so I must use my mother's desktop to post journals until I return to Illinois on the 28th.

I feel a great weight lifting off of my shoulders, heart, and mind with each moment I spend here. And Venom is having alot of fun as well, my parents adore her, and relish such a long visit from both of us.

I shall be soon contacting an old friend in Yukon Oklahoma to visit with him for a few days at the least.

My parents, in spite of everything they have been through for the passed two years, seem so much the same in how they exist.
Mom works her two jobs, and focuses on her photography. Dad works then unwinds with books or television. They spend time together whenever it can be accomplished. They still go through playful bickering spells every now and then. Dad will tease Mom about something, Mom will pinch his leg and tease him back, they both laugh.
Which brings something up... my Mother laughs more often than I remember. A good sign.

Oh, something funny about the train ride over here.
We just happened to have a smoke stop in my hometown of Little Rock.
I almost got to see the street I used to live on from the window. That pair of cigarettes felt good (It had been 6 hours since I'd last had a cigarette, so I smoked two back to back.)
That smoke stop marked the firt time in many years I had set foot on my home soil. It was bittersweet considering I barely had five minutes to stand there. Passing by the Capital buiding at night ws breath taking, the Dome was lit, glowing white, it looked so pristine in spite of the bungled government it represented, it still was a good landmark that I hold dear.

Oddly enough, I have nothing to rant about. Nothing is othering me right now. >>; *tries in vain to remember the last time I had nothing to bitch about*
Now for individual messages...

Zero, I am sorry we did not get to see you before we left. >>; and I am even more sorry to say that upon our return we shall apparently be thrust into a famiy reunion in Eva >>;;;;;;
So there is a strong chance your party will be a day or more later than we already thought v.v *hugs*

Demented Alchemist, Sorry for not seeing you before we left. But we WILL see you when we get back (from the famiy reunion waiting for us ; ) *hugs*

Snake, you would have died laughing... We got to Ft. worth Texas, and then heard that a shooting happened at a military base, and my first reaction was "Goddamnit, firt time in 10 years that I set foot in Texas, and look what happens >>;;; "
People gave me the biggest "WTF?!" looks after I said that XDDDD
Looking forward to seeing you again as well. *hugs*

Dark-Shield, I do not wish you were here, you would be bored out of your fucking mind XDDDDDD but all kidding aside, I look forward to seeing you once I am back and not being hounded by Venom's family.
*hugs*

Chain, Definately missing you lil brother XP
Take care of yourself, looking forard to seeing you again. *hugs*


Well, that aboutcovers my journal, especially in assuming anyone gives a rip and reads it XD
Take care you guys,
you'll be seeing me.
~Kabal