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"Time, the king of cruelty" - Boy's Life
with the summer coming to a close and the inevitable "goodbyes" and "see you laters" that come with it, this quote struck me as both painfully true and ironic at the same time. although it seems time taunts us by going by so fast it is time itself that gives us the moments we regret passing. and for those moments i am truly grateful. time gave me friendships i will always cherish. time gave me happiness i will always remember. time gave me moments with all of you. so although its passing is regrettable, its presence is necessary in order to live a wonderful life. i dont mean this to be all mushy, its just that its interesting how life works and how everyone handles it. going to college soon and seeing others go seems like this jump that we're all a little scared to take although theres nothing to be scared of. yes we won't see some of our friends, even best friends, for a while. and yes we will actually have to grow up at least a little and learn to depend on ourselves, but college isn't one big goodbye from the life we've known, it's just a different way of viewing it. we'll be viewing it with a few changes to the surroundings, but the characters from our past will always have their place in our memories. it's kinda funny, it seems so different thinking of leaving school than it was with entering it. the 5 year old me couldn't wait to finally grow up and go to school, and now the thought of leaving it is a llittle odd because its what i have grown accustomed to. i've always been the one left behind, in my family anyway, as far as leaving home goes. i was the one staying behind and seeing all my brothers and sisters slowly leaving home. it seems so weird that in a years time i will be the one leaving, not the one staying. oh well, thats just my midnight thinking session talking. it's so cool how great books can provoke such thoughts.
Anywho, onto gayer (happier) topics, or more boring whichever way...i got back from my trip sunday night. i had a lot of fun, i only wish my cameras battery hadn't died so i could have taken pictures of all the beautiful things i saw. in cali my family and i went hiking in the mountains outside of l.a. to this awesome waterfall. the next day we paid a little visit to las vegas, and when we tried to leave we seriously could not find our way out for almost an hour. so after seeing all the huge and awesome hotels and casinos, we got a first hand look at ghetto las vegas. once in utah i spent the first two nights with family in bountiful, toured slc, and went to yet another awesome waterfall in the mountains. thursday i spent the day in provo shopping, seeing my grandma, and getting a personal tour of byu from araya(thanks again). and on our way back we made a stop at the grand canyon. i had been before when i was six but that was at the south rim (the desert part), this time we went to the north rim which is in a forest. is was soo cool. anyhow that was the rest of my trip in a nutshell, i can't believe we did the whole thing in 9 days. but it's good to be back.
~till later...........