A Trip

With all that's been going on in life, sometimes the Foam Cabinet will get dusty. It will wait patiently to be opened again. I was never efficient with keeping stuff periodical or organized all the time. Some people would open the Foam Cabinet every day. Some people would open it a couple times and get bored. Some people would make it a big, annual event. 

Not me.

There's no method to my madness, so to speak. I just open the Foam Cabinet randomly.

The last time I opened the Foam Cabinet, I went on a journey. 

For one, I was not ready to change anything about my routine. Get up, eat, work, eat, work, relax, sleep. I didn't feel comfortable changing this routine. But, as you can probably guess, my intentions were not fulfilled completely, if at all.

I opened the Foam Cabinet in search of a better way to go about my routine. Anything that could make me a little happier.

Inside was an unfamiliar scene. 

I would describe it in full detail, but the most impacting thing about it was that it was, indeed, unfamiliar. Anyone else may have been to the place before. The point is, I hadn't, so I wanted to explore.

I stepped somewhat reluctantly into this world.

Actually, I was pushed. The door shut on me.

I didn't want to go at all. That's an understatement.

In this world, everything seemed different at first. However, it didn't take me long to realize that this world was all too similar to the one I'd previously inhabited. 

Imagine leaving the planet, and arriving on another planet extremely similar to earth. At first glance, you're in an alien world. But, as you keep looking, everything's the same. The people there are like you, in the fact that they're human and can speak most of your language. Other than that, though, you can barely understand them, the only real reason being that they're different, unusual, and unfamiliar.

The way the new people govern things is similar to what you're used to, but it's different enough to be strange. You can't use the excuse of your rights, because your "rights" are a little bit different. Their life is the exact same, but at the same time the complete opposite.

And you happen to have almost no contact with your home planet.

That's as far into explaining my experience as I can get for now. I was a stranger, but I was there, so I explored. You would, too. 

After a while, I grew homesick. Therefore, I started to search for the Foam Cabinet in hope that it would bring me back.

I found it easily, but it wouldn't open. Not that day. I guess I wasn't ready.

And until I am, I'm stuck here. 

I might as well enjoy this little trip...