And on that note...
Ok, here it is: Stephanie's last LJ entry EVER. Get ready.
Tonight was a night like any other, at least at the beginning: it's summer, so we did the usual eating, frisbeeing, swimming, dancing... awesomeness. As the night went on though, I guess we realized that college is a reality. It's not just, ohh college someday. For a few of us, it's college starts Tuesday. Unless you're me, in which case you have another THREE weeks, damn.
Anyway, as long as we've been talking about getting out of B'ville or how awesome college is going to be, leaving is hard. For me, I guess I feel like I'm ready to leave everything but my friends. Our friends aren't the kind you make in a few weeks; our group developed over at least 10 years, with additions, subtractions, and changes that finally made it great. So it's sort of weird how well we know each other. And the random times we have are like nothing else. They're perfect.
Friends are more than a list of "good times." At that I'd say please refer to Lee's LJ for her excellent list of memories, because that's a huge part of it. But beyond that, it's just looking at one of your friends and knowing she knows exactly what you're thinking. It's saying the same thing at the same time. It's cracking up for really no reason. And a thousand other things. When we go off to school we're not going to be able to do that right off the bat like we want to. But it's ok, those friendships will develop over time too.
So yes, now is when everything starts to change. Nope, it's never going to be the same. But it's also not like, BAM college I"m never talking to any of you again. It's different, but good, and we'll ALL still be close, just in a different way.
Alright, this has officially been enough outpouring of emotion for oh, just about the rest of my life. Maybe I don't know what the fuck I'm talking about, but at least I feel a little better haha. So yeah at this point, I'm going to give up the ole' livejournal.
Ahhhm closure.
Tonight was a night like any other, at least at the beginning: it's summer, so we did the usual eating, frisbeeing, swimming, dancing... awesomeness. As the night went on though, I guess we realized that college is a reality. It's not just, ohh college someday. For a few of us, it's college starts Tuesday. Unless you're me, in which case you have another THREE weeks, damn.
Anyway, as long as we've been talking about getting out of B'ville or how awesome college is going to be, leaving is hard. For me, I guess I feel like I'm ready to leave everything but my friends. Our friends aren't the kind you make in a few weeks; our group developed over at least 10 years, with additions, subtractions, and changes that finally made it great. So it's sort of weird how well we know each other. And the random times we have are like nothing else. They're perfect.
Friends are more than a list of "good times." At that I'd say please refer to Lee's LJ for her excellent list of memories, because that's a huge part of it. But beyond that, it's just looking at one of your friends and knowing she knows exactly what you're thinking. It's saying the same thing at the same time. It's cracking up for really no reason. And a thousand other things. When we go off to school we're not going to be able to do that right off the bat like we want to. But it's ok, those friendships will develop over time too.
So yes, now is when everything starts to change. Nope, it's never going to be the same. But it's also not like, BAM college I"m never talking to any of you again. It's different, but good, and we'll ALL still be close, just in a different way.
Alright, this has officially been enough outpouring of emotion for oh, just about the rest of my life. Maybe I don't know what the fuck I'm talking about, but at least I feel a little better haha. So yeah at this point, I'm going to give up the ole' livejournal.
Ahhhm closure.