Oh, home, why do I ever leave you?

[seanan_mcguire]

Thomas met us at the door last night, tail puffed out, already singing the song of his people. Alice shunned me for about an hour, skittering from room to room, refusing to let me look her in the eye. When she settled, she announced it by crawling on top of me and purring for an hour solid, making it impossible to sleep.

Home.

I always think, when I'm traveling, that I'll come in the door and be stunned by how much stuff I have amassed. "I'm finally going to see the mess for what it is, and be able to get rid of half of it with no regrets," I think, and then I get into my room, and crawl into the mass of plush toys that is my bed, like a Pokemon into long grass, and I remember that this is why I have so much stuff: because it defines the borders of my space. It claims the space in a way that is very precious to me. It's not careless clutter. It's careful assertion of my right to exist, safely, in this space.

Home.

I am so tired that I can feel my bones, and I'm working my way through a dozen slow to-do lists, some of them time-sensitive, others that just need to be accomplished. I am where I belong, at least for a little while, at least until I have to leave again.

Home.

There's no place I'd rather be.

Comments

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Welcome home!

[kdsorceress.livejournal.com]

Fancy meeting you here!

And to Seanan...this post really resonates with me! I love the determination of "clutter-as-proof-of-home", and I am very fond of the idea of a bed filled with plush things --mine tends to look rather like that as well, whenever I have the luxury to make it thus.

~Sor

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[laurenthemself]

I'm happy you're home safe and well.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Jet lagged but recovering!

[anne_d]

Welcome home, Seanan!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[westrider.livejournal.com]

A big part of what I love about getting back home is being surrounded by all my stuff again. It's all familiar and welcoming and friendly and mine <3

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

YES.

[filceolaire.livejournal.com]

Your posts make me smile.
Love to you and your cats and your stuff

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I am sorry I didn't get to see you more. <3

[bunny-m.livejournal.com]

Welcome home, Seanan!

I know the experience of "OMGYOUREHOME!!!!/I'm shunning you for leaving me alone!" all too well myself, as I'm sure do all the other feline monkey-slaves here.


Huzzah for being able to crash in your own bed again!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

My cats are so happy.

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

that is my bed, like a Pokemon into long grass,

... I think of that scene in Buckaroo Banzai where they are in the factory, and John goes "its a nest, a red lectroid nest" and it had some very cool toys and things that children would like.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

There are so many Pokemon in my bed.

[-dante-sparda-.livejournal.com]

Welcome home, dearest Seanan. :) May your first sleeps bring you the rest you need.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

<3

[calico-reaction.livejournal.com]

Rest well. You've earned it!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I am still not sleeping properly, but I'm adjusting. Slowly.

[purpleranger.livejournal.com]

So, you've already done the whole clicking your heels three times bit? ;)

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Did not work, I'm afraid.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Welcome home! Enjoy being covered with fur.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I am!

[gwyd.livejournal.com]

There is no comfort quite like one's own bedroom arranged the way one likes it.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Agreed.

[mac-arthur-park.livejournal.com]

I feel the same way. When I travel, my first thought is "My stuff!" I don't deal well away from my bed and Mr. Bear for more than a day or two.

Welcome home. And excellent choice in music, btw.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

<3

[ladymurmur.livejournal.com]

There's no place like home.
There's no place like home.
There's no place like home.
:-)

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

So true.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Yay home!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Yesssss.