3rd Bon Air Meeting

When we got to Bon Air today everyone was at dinner, so we had to wait for maybe 20 min for them to finish up. Eric did not want to come today so he wasn’t there. We aren’t sure why he didn’t want to but it was visitation day so he may have been tired or something. As he wasn’t there, we formed groups of three and talked. I talked with Jordan. Even though he is, as he says, the youngest person in Bon Air, I still found that he was very mature. It was definitely nice to talk to him for a change. I had not talked to anyone other than Eric, and while I do greatly enjoy talking to Eric it’s nice to talk to other people as well. Jordan kinda reminded me of my younger brother, so it was very easy to talk to him. We told stories about our best days ever. Jordan told a story about how he went to the Kings Dominion Scarefest, and I, not being able to think of my best day ever, told about how some of my friends and I went apple picking in Charlottesville last month.

After the stories Jordan talked about how he moved into the city and how he is going to have trouble getting used to it because he was used to living in rural areas. I could easily relate as I lived in a small town in rural Connecticut before I moved to the suburbs around the Short Pump Mall here. We talked about how peaceful rural areas feel and how, even though all the shops were like a half hour away, we loved the drive as we could just listen to music and enjoy the scenery. He said he was worried about not being able to get used to it and I told him how difficult it was for me to get used to that change, and how I still am not entirely comfortable with it even though I moved a little over four years ago. When we got back into groups we talked about the stories we told. Trenton knew the place I went apple picking, and we both talked a bit about how we loved the cider donuts.

One thing that surprised me is how much more talkative I was today. As someone who’s basically the definition of an introvert, it typically takes me quite a while to feel comfortable with people. I definitely did not expect myself to be as open as I was today. Maybe it was my exceptionally good mood or the fact that Jordan did remind me of my brother. Either way, I had a lot of fun, and more importantly I feel like Jordan and Trenton did too. I’m not sure if we were there for less time today, but it felt like it went by super quickly. I definitely can’t wait to see them again next week.