So I got to thinking. And I got to thinking about significant moments/conversations in my life. And I realized that several of these significant moments have a similar location: Parking Lots. At first this realization struck me as odd, but after thinking about it more, it made sense. With all of the awkward and unusual situations I've put myself in over the past five years, it doesn't surprise me so much as happened in parking lots.
Parking lots are where you first are when you arrive somewhere. Sometimes, the first place you connect with people before an event, such as work or dinner or church. And since they are the first location of an event, that means they're the last also. Generally where you say goodbye. I cannot even count on both hands how many tearful goodbyes I've said in parking lots. Parking lots stretching from the East Coast to the West. I've had countless, and strangely enough, I can still remember most of them, even if it is vaguely.


Off the top of my head:
California: I'm never ever going to see you again goodbye. And we haven't.
TC Roberson: Changing of clothes, more than once, for countless numbers of chorus events.
Iannucci's: First kisses.
Target: Awkward goodbyes involving scissors that I still carry in my car today.
Old Navy: Good mornings mostly, on the bench. Lots of I'm sorry's, too.
Bryant's Driveway: My parents couldn't see us.
Jefferson: Backseats..but not how you'd imagine. Mostly sorry's and silence.
Sweeten Creek Road: Accidental conversations.
Barley Driveway: I have a crush on you. I like you too, but you have a boyfriend.
Overlooks: Stars, mountains, friendly conversations.
Dupont State Park: Non-working car. Stranded in the middle of the woods.
Various Driveways on Pinehurst Circle: Good stories and awkward teenagers.
ABTech: Again with the backseats.
Grove Arcade Parking Deck: Ending of one 4th of July I'll never forget. Soaking wet. In front of an elevator.
Arden First Baptist: High School Musical and new found independence. Pies in the face. Something about rubber gloves.
Amos': Conversations with other fans.
Panera Bread: Let's just say I wasn't at the gym.

I'll elaborate more on each when I'm older.