I spent all Wednesday night/Thursday morning with Kara, helping her and Mrs. Reilly load up the car, and saying my goodbyes to her. I feel so old. My baby sister is a college student now. I'm confident in her, and I know she's going to have a great time.
So, guys, this is it. I have nailed down dates for moving to Miami. I will be leaving sometime between September 15th and September 25th, depending on my father's work schedule (he is driving me down!)
I'm dead serious about this: anyone who wants to see me before I leave needs to make at least some sort of an effort to do so. If we hang out regularly or semi-regularly, I might call you once or twice about hanging out. If, however, we make plans and then, when those plans are supposed to come to pass, you say, "Oh shit, I'm (busy/broke/too tired/too drunk/too high/out of state/hanging out with other cooler people) tonight, sorry... next time!", then the ball's going to be in your court. And if you've blown me off enough, I might just refuse to answer your phone call, if and when I receive one. I truly do want to tie up all loose ends and say all (and I mean all) my goodbyes before I leave, but it's a two-way street, and if you demonstrate to me that seeing me isn't all that important to you, I might make it just as unimportant to me.
If I don't call you right away, or if we haven't spoken in a while but you really want to see me, don't be afraid to call me. 860.965.9247. I'm posting my number because I'm deathly afraid I'm going to forget to hang out with at least someone, so this is an added insurance policy.
XO