Umm... Fin.

So you might be wondering..."What happened to Topher?"

After hanging with Alex in the hospital for awhile, then at our friend Kathy's for awhile more, I got all my stuff from the boat and headed out to New York City. Alex went home to heal.

New York is a crazy place, and since I had no particular place to be, I spent time sitting on benches and people watching; then reading, then napping on the grass, then people watching again. Sometimes I ate, sometimes I drank, and I always relaxed while everybody else was busy with the hustle.

Eventually I got bored with this routine and hitchhiked home. That's right, hitchhiked.
It only took me about nine hours and 3 different vehicles to get from NYC to Pittsburgh. That's faster than the bus! I had heard that hitchhiking wasn't possible in the states, but I had to try anyway. Actually it's pretty easy.

Walk up the on-ramp. Stick out your thumb. Wait.

Highlights:

-Sleeping in Union Squre
-Jazz in Harlem
-Crazy men with pet crabs in Brooklyn
-Staying out all night and hitchhiking home with no sleep

A bunch more has happened in the last few weeks, but frankly I don't

feel like typing all of it. Ask me when I see you in person.

Now I'm back at Villanova looking for an apartme

nt, signing up for cl

asses, and getting used to the window view from my desk at work. I'm restless. Compared to the summer it's a pretty boring living arrangement and my surroundings are a bit too familiar.

However, it is nice being in a place that you recognize with people you know. I always know how to get from place to place, I know which bars are cheap, and I can play music again. It is easy to forget how lucky I am to have grown up in a nice place, but this trip was a thuderous reminder.

Though I wasn't ready for the summer travels to be over (who ever is), it is so nice having a home to return to and people who care enough about you to read your blog.

Thanks.