And I love you so.....
Its strange to think that although I still have nine months left here in DC, its only 9 months. The greatest heartache can come from having to part with a place you've truly loved- and I have truly loved DC. I love everything about it- the streets, the buildings, the people, the weather, the free newspapers, the public transportation, and the fact that you can always meet someone with a new opinion and a new passion every day.
I will have lived here just a few months over 3 years and there have been a lot of good memories within the District. I find that more recently they seem to overshadow all the negative times. In a lot of ways, I think I grew up here in DC, in many many ways. There are a lot of good people here, too....and they will be very hard to leave. And it will be hard to say goodbye, and we will talk about reunions, and some of them will happen but many of them will not. But either way, DC...everything about it and everyone in it....will have a special place in my heart.
And maybe after three years in Cairo my heart will break for Egypt when I leave there. But its scary, because it seems so far away- even though its really kinda not...and in January...its just me, the dog I will presumably buy, my apartment, my car, my job and 8 months later classes for my graduate degree. Sam said it takes a very unique type of person to move half way around the world and know no one there, and I don't know if I am that person. Although I will know the lovely Mohamed Elmeshad who...by the way...I am forever indebted to for introducing me to his wonderful, beautiful family who have been more kind to me than anyone I've ever met for the first time. So maybe I won't be alone. And besides, I will have a dog.
My freshman year I used to say that I would be alone forever because no one would be able to put up with me except for my dog. That doesn't seem so funny anymore. But at least Golriz will always put up with me...like she did so eloquently today.
I ran into Ryan Archer yesterday. He's graduating in May and just got a sweet government job. Then I ran into our now SA president Audai Shakour and Adam (whose last name I sadly can't remember- but I do know he's from Cherry Hill, NJ) and for a moment we discussed random freshman year moments. And it seems like it was AGES ago. Although it has really only been 2-2.5 years. I wonder what the people that I am friends with now were like freshman year. Hopefully they were nothing like me- I was a basketcase. And I am very happy they didn't know me then because they surely wouldn't be friends with me now- and I am so grateful to have them.
When I was in Egypt and people asked me where I was from I said Washington, DC. I don't really think of myself as being from Florida anymore. And I'm not even sure if I'll get a chance to go back there before I move. I have classes and certifications and more classes and then I graduate December 23rd-ish and I have to be in Egypt by the beginning of January.
I always used to judge the quality of my current situation by the quality of the people around me. And don't get me wrong, the people around me are amazing. But for the first time- ever I think....I am at a good place right now.
I will have lived here just a few months over 3 years and there have been a lot of good memories within the District. I find that more recently they seem to overshadow all the negative times. In a lot of ways, I think I grew up here in DC, in many many ways. There are a lot of good people here, too....and they will be very hard to leave. And it will be hard to say goodbye, and we will talk about reunions, and some of them will happen but many of them will not. But either way, DC...everything about it and everyone in it....will have a special place in my heart.
And maybe after three years in Cairo my heart will break for Egypt when I leave there. But its scary, because it seems so far away- even though its really kinda not...and in January...its just me, the dog I will presumably buy, my apartment, my car, my job and 8 months later classes for my graduate degree. Sam said it takes a very unique type of person to move half way around the world and know no one there, and I don't know if I am that person. Although I will know the lovely Mohamed Elmeshad who...by the way...I am forever indebted to for introducing me to his wonderful, beautiful family who have been more kind to me than anyone I've ever met for the first time. So maybe I won't be alone. And besides, I will have a dog.
My freshman year I used to say that I would be alone forever because no one would be able to put up with me except for my dog. That doesn't seem so funny anymore. But at least Golriz will always put up with me...like she did so eloquently today.
I ran into Ryan Archer yesterday. He's graduating in May and just got a sweet government job. Then I ran into our now SA president Audai Shakour and Adam (whose last name I sadly can't remember- but I do know he's from Cherry Hill, NJ) and for a moment we discussed random freshman year moments. And it seems like it was AGES ago. Although it has really only been 2-2.5 years. I wonder what the people that I am friends with now were like freshman year. Hopefully they were nothing like me- I was a basketcase. And I am very happy they didn't know me then because they surely wouldn't be friends with me now- and I am so grateful to have them.
When I was in Egypt and people asked me where I was from I said Washington, DC. I don't really think of myself as being from Florida anymore. And I'm not even sure if I'll get a chance to go back there before I move. I have classes and certifications and more classes and then I graduate December 23rd-ish and I have to be in Egypt by the beginning of January.
I always used to judge the quality of my current situation by the quality of the people around me. And don't get me wrong, the people around me are amazing. But for the first time- ever I think....I am at a good place right now.