silver and silent

nothing about any of this went wrong in any way, i was just so tired that by the end of the day yesterday all i wanted to do was go be alone in the woods and scream a bit.

i did go to the woods, but i went to a popular fire tower where i knew i wouldn't be alone because it was a very clear evevning and i wanted to take a video of the sunset. it was good to be in the woods, though.

and funny enough, while at the fire tower i met a nice stranger who knows some of my favorite hiking locations and we talked about hiking on the way back to the parking lot. she understood the concept of introvert burnout. i'd gone up there thinking i would surely commit violence if i had to speak to another human being that day and came back feeling like the conversation had healed me. the irony did strike me at the time and amuse me greatly.