I apologize that I haven’t posted in a little while. A lot’s happened in a month. Particularly my trip to Egypt, pictures to come.

I was walking along the old street that I used to live on. Not the ends, but the middle part, where my old friend Jon used to live. Jon and I stopped talking when I borrowed Batman from him and didn’t give it back until right before I moved away.

The area had really grown up. The neighborhood around the old elementary school was now practically urban except for this part of the block. The old houses were still there, but the road was newly paved. The yards were smaller now because the road had expanded and most of the houses now had additions. The grass in these yards was unbelievably well kept. It was bright green and so thick it was almost spongy. The strangest thing was that on this street the popular thing to do was to put the utility sheds right there in the already cramped front yards.

Eventually I passed by Jon’s house and peeked in. I didn’t see him around so I just walked onto the school. The school had been built up to match it’s new urban environment. Instead of the sprawling single story school that I remembered, the school was now a massive multi-story building that reminded me of a school I saw once in Philadelphia.

The school had become over-crowded despite its new size. There were so many students packed in all the hallways and causing such ruckus that I wasn’t able to get to my classroom. It was almost like a riot. Eventually I noticed one of the kids was spray painting all over the building and quickly the rest of the students joined in. I stood back and watched as the kids sprayed brightly colored graffiti all over the drab building until only its shape was recognizable.

I just shrugged and walked away. On the way back to my house I went by Jon’s again. The grass was green and those utility sheds sat on the front yards like it was their business.