Take Me Away...

Yes, I know that's the Calgon slogan. (Smelly girly stuff, fellas.) No, that's not what I'm talking about. But I'll get to that in a moment. Today I went to Immaculate Consumption (I love that name, even if it is a little sacreligious. Hey, I'm a little sacreligious, so it works out.) with my Bible study leader, Sara. Immac is heaven, pardon the pun. They have these awesome sandwiches. I got the pastrami on rye, which was awesome, even if I still don't know what pastrami is. Sara got this sandwich with chunks of chicken and Granny Smith apples, among other things. It sounds really weird, but I had a piece and it was really good. I think I'll try it next time I go there. I also got a raspberry Italian soda, so I felt very trendy sitting in a coffee shop with trendy foodstuffs. Heh.

It was a nice unwinding time for me at the end of the week. I always like talking with Sara because she helps keep me on track with my faith. She gives me good advice, and we're alike in a lot of ways. We talked about everything from me finding to a morning church to our favorite musicals. (My Fair Lady, hands down. Hers is Singin' in the Rain.) So it was a fun time. (Yay!)

Now, to the hawked Calgon slogan. (They know they could've come up with something better than that. Oh, well.) I was walking to the ATM right before the sun set like I do often. I really hate going during that time because it's really lonely. It's very quiet and nobody's walking around...I don't know what it is, but it makes me feel really small. Many times I pause on the Pickens pedestrian bridge and stare down at the street, listening to the roar of the cars, even though something about that sound makes me feel even worse. Today, though, I brought my iPod, and I had it on shuffle. I always keep it on shuffle because I like to be pleasantly surprised. Anyway, this song called "Take Me Away" by Sarah Kelly came on, and it goes a little something like this:

No more weary, teary eyes
Just sunny skies
Never have I felt so alone
My, how I've grown

It is so weird how a song comes on and fits exactly with your life at that moment. It happens to me all the time. As I was passing over the aforementioned bridge, this was playing:

Maybe that's the way it's 'sposed to be
As I'm walking down the street
Maybe
Maybe if it's just You and me
We'll never even miss a beat
Maybe

I don't know, but something about that gave me hope and I didn't feel so alone anymore. I closed my eyes and felt the wind on my face, and I sang in my heart:

Take me away
Take me away
All that I love
Is You, is You

As I returned to my dorm room, I thought, "At that moment in time, perhaps that song was just for me." Also, "That was a really nice chord in the bridge."

Musicians are weird.