retrospect

in order to maintain my credential, i regularly take continuing education credits in the city, since the association which offers the courses is based around my university and surrounding sites.  yesterday i attended a class that was hosted by the hospital where i used to intern and later work at in college.

driving past my old apartment and stomping grounds always evokes a plethora of memories -- places i would spend time in, people i was close to who i do not even speak to anymore.  stages of my life are played out in my head and i can almost see myself again, wide-eyed and innocuous, without a clue or a care in the world.  if this girl that i reminisce about stood in front of me today, i would hardly recognize her.

after i parked at the hospital, i took the elevator up to the ground floor and easily followed the walkway into the main building.  i knew the route to the auditorium like the back of my hand, the twists and turns memorized, the same hallways i had roamed years before.  there were obvious additions and subtler changes, different but interchangeable faces.  the overall familiarity was comforting.

there's something to be said about returning to a place you once knew and finding it altered yet still akin to you, like introducing the person you were to the person you've become.