Take me Out Tonight...

where there's music and there's people and they're young and alive.

I borrowed that line from The Smiths, in one word: Brilliant.
I think that if we could all be granted one wish for life, we would all want that...to always feel young, to always feel alive.

I moved to the Chicago area exactly 6 months ago. Being someone who has moved from place to place, I usually adapt pretty quickly to the change and I don't put up a fight. This time, however, I was miserable. Chicago was the last place I ever wanted to be. I saw myself moving to New York. For some odd reason, I just love being in that city, and I was in love with the idea of moving to an endless ocean of fascinating places waiting to be discovered.

Although Chicago seemed a distant runner-up to that dream, it's starting to win me over. I think that the summer sun is partly to blame for that but more than that, I realized that I want to be here because I want to be with the people I love.
This past weekend, I had a little get together with some friends. We went out for a fun dinner and then we went out for drinks and some quality dancing. I loved every minute of it. We did not make it to bed until 5 in the morning and I know that probably sounds really immature, but it wasn't.

I'm not sure I have the words to describe it but for a group of people that are going through so much change, looking for the right job, striving to prove that we are talented individuals and trying to find our niche in the 'real world' it felt like fantastic release. I did not feel time pass and at the same time I wanted the night to last forever because we were all happy. We were all smiling, no fear, no worries. WONDERFUL.
I have glimpses of everyone's smiling faces and I want to reach out and hug them all in these clouded memories to let them know that it makes me happy to have them in my life and to see them let go and live the moment. In the crowded scene and the blurriness of the night, I felt absolutely blessed. I may not remember everything that happened, everything that was said, but I remember the feeling.

I hope I'm getting the point across. I think what I'm getting at is that... I love those moments, when life is completely real, but we are able to separate ourselves from the moment to realize how great it is to be alive.

I can't wait for my friends to move here, for all of us to move to the city and create our own Chicago. I just can't wait.