Midnight Musings

No, it's a legitimate, if unattractive, question. In the past three weeks, I've heard from three people I haven't heard from in over a year - two of whom live within two miles of me and whose names came up in conversation just days before our renewed contact. It's so odd how people periodically float in and out of one's life with no regard to how it affects others. I often wonder if the rest of their lives are the same way. Do they wander from job to job, home to home, hobby to hobby, friend to friend, shifting their attention in three-week time spans until it's my turn again? I've learned to accept this and love them in spite of it (especially the one who flakes out on me immediately after initiating the contact) and was even inspired to e-mail another one of my cicada friends - who hasn't responded. She must still be in her sleep cycle.

'night.