End of summer, kinda

It obviously depends if you look at the temperatures or at the school calendar. I'm not sure I'll ever get used to school starting in August... So yes, summer is over and went really fast. I haven't accomplished half of what I was planning on doing but it goes like this every year. Do I feel ready and pumped up for the Fall semester? I guess so. I wish I could have vanished in the nature for some more days but I already feel lucky for my 6 days in Oregon and the wonderful friends I have there. It's "weird" each time to fly back to Corvallis because it brings back tons of memory but it makes me feel so good. People are so different, even the air and the light are different. The whole place inspires peace. Everybody is relaxed, you feel safe... I guess I forgot about those feelings. I spent two days on the Coast, alone, walking on the beach for hours, thinking, looking for shells, and watching the ocean and the kids playing in the sand. I was falling asleep rocked by the sound of the waves. I so wish it could be like this every day. And I so wish I could see my friends there more often. It's funny how you can feel lonely in a city that counts millions of inhabitants here in Georgia and not lonely at all when surrounded by just a couple of people over there. I don't think I would be living here if it wasn't for work. Tough when you look at the big picture, everything is not that bad. I have some good friends, a comfy place, wheels to take off when I can and I'm doing research I like in a great lab and a very good university. So I guess that, just like for everything else, I'm being too perfectionist. But I know that there is still something missing, and I know what it is. I just haven't found it yet, or maybe I'm too scared or shy to go for it. Man, life sometimes feels like rocket science ;) Anyway, the pics of my crazy 6 days back in the West are here. Enjoy!