With my freeze ray...

So the other day, I went to Ikea with my mom and dad to do some shopping for the home. Well, they did some shopping for the home, I was looking for some cool dorm stuff.

So as I was walking around, off in my own world, and listening to my iPod, I caught a glimpse of this bunk bed, made completely of wood and had two side railings and a wooden ladder to get up it. Although that is what I had my eye on, what occurred simultaneously was what really blew my mind. For those of you that don't know, whenever I use my iPod, it is always on shuffle. Tap songs, tap shuffle, and I'm good to go. Well, when the bed was in my view, the next song on the shuffle played. It kind of just led to this surreal moment for me. I felt as if I'd just arrived at Big Bear, got off the bus that got lost for two hours, and set my bag right under my bunk bed.

I was just standing there, gazing at what seemed to be just your regular old bunk bed. But in my mind, it felt like a movie was playing. You know how sometimes, at the end of a movie, everyone is just silent and a songs playing while the camera just pans through everything thats occurred? That was me. At Ikea. You can call it cliche or whatever, but I've let everything marinate in my mind and just thinking back to Sunday just seems so, unreal. All I could think of were images late nights I spent chatting with roomates or just spending time in the lodge or even closing circle, it was just one constant play back of the week, while hearing Crash and Burn playing in the background.

I'm not gonna lie, I got choked up as I stood there. It made me realize how much I missed camp. Prior to this happenstance, I hadn't listened to Crash and Burn for the longest time. But it just seems that everytime that song comes up, all the memories and emotions just come rushing back to you and hit you in one concentrated blast from the past. It's not necessarily a bad thing, it's just a bit unexpected. Weird how songs hold such power.

But anywho, it just finally hit me that it's been almost 9 months since LDC...
Even though my camp high has died down tremendously, the times up there will never leave.
In about 3 more months, it would have been one year and the new camp will begin.
I'll be taking a different stance in it this time around, and there will be new memories and new faces. But LDC08 will always have a dear spot in my heart.

I just can't believe it's almost been a year.
If I had my freeze ray, I would stop the world.
But I don't. And Shine08 has dwindled down to what happened at Ikea, a mere flashback.
Time waits for nothing, and it's going to be 09's time soon.
Let's make the most of it while it lasts...



So until next time...
Take care.