So at the end of the month a couple of friends and I are going to drive up to Chicago to hear Dar Williams in concert. (Which is going to be excellent, except for that whole drive-back-to-Champaign-after-the-concert thing. I'm providing sharp sticks for my passengers to poke me with to keep me awake.) Anyway, I've been listening to the new album, and the lyrics to one of the songs just got my attention today:

I tried again, I went last night
Another date was just not right
And as I drove myself back home
A little voice said "just be alone"
But sometimes I think I see you in a crowd
It's not picture perfect
You're just meant for me somehow

And I'll miss you till I meet you
I'll miss you till I meet you
I miss you all the time

I love the world just as it is
And I won't lose my faith in it
But there are days I think of you
Saying "Hey, that's beautiful,
Yeah, I see it too"
It all goes by so fast, like waving hands
You want to capture things
Find some one who understands

-Dar Williams, "Miss You Till I Meet You"

That's the feeling. That you love your life the way it is, but that you can see the beauty of meeting the right person, too. So you'll miss him till you meet him.