The unfamiliar versus the familiar

Tonight I am in Oxford for what is potentially my last weekend here for a very long time.  I was not even really wanting and/or needing to come this weekend for obvious reasons of needing to pack (which I have minimally done), but Dixie and I ended up piling in with Yancey and MP at the last minute and here we are.  The whole drive up all I could think was how bad I needed to be packing and how much I was NOT looking forward to the ever ensuing family drama, particularly regarding my upcoming move but more or less just the general "hum drum" that comes with all of us in the same place for any length of time.  Thank the Lord for MP, she is OUR saving Grace without a doubt :) 

Anyway, got here and just didn't feel like going to DOB, otherwise known as DOBFNPP and really just wanted to be alone.  I took Dixie for a walk and just became overwhelmed with emotion as I passed Square Books.  I, of course, have been really emotional lately just with all the stress and anxiety of moving and stuff but I also at the funeral of my best friend's mom yesterday, who had taken me under her wing, as she did with any of L's friends.  As I passed by Bottle Tree, City Grocery, Old Venice, Square Books, Neilsons, I was so overwhelmed with feelings of comfort of the known and familiar although not having lived here in three years.  I guess really it was the upcoming inevitable of the unknown.  Then I passed some new place Lenoras and another new place Angies and Roosters and all these unfamiliar places in the midst of my comfort zone and realized that what makes Oxford so comfortable now is just the memories.  Memories of undergrad and memories from law school; nine years of memories; the start of my adulthood.  I mean Oxford is where I found my own dentist, doctor, etc.  It is where I lost myself and then found myself, as the woman I am today.  I found my security, my confidence, my internal comfort.  I lived on my own bought my first Holiday decorations.  Grew up.  
I am way over thinking it, I know!  I am honestly just overwhelmed with emotions.  I am SOOOOO excited about my new move and being with MH, FINALLY!!  I know all this is stemming from being with my undergraduate friends and just feelings and memories from the past.  I can not put in to words how excited I am about all the new experiences I am going to have.  I am just overwhelmed at the moment with all of the new places and things that I will have to figure out.  I mean where will I get a great cup of coffee, and I don't mean Starbucks (I'm not a fan).  And where will I go to the Dentist, where will I find a good Vet for Dix. Haha.  I know it will work out!  I am just stressing!!!!! I am simply overwhelmed and way over thinking.  I am so beyond ready to start this adventure.  I know MH and I will make it all work and figure out all this "unkown" together.  I'm simply just venting and to be honest just maintaining some peace of mind while mom, dad, and Y go back and forth about what to put in the cooler and how much broccoli to have in the morning ;)