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I won't lie - I'm pretty sad that Winter Break starts this week. A month without these new people that I've grown to love in the funniest ways -- Kristi, Ryan, Conor, Emily, Sarah, Kathy, Jessyca, Duncan, AlexAlexAlex, Chuck, Seth, Mike, Joe, Beth, Anesh -- and without the room, the freedom, the conversations, the constant company, the chance of exciting weekends. A month.
That's way too long.
I've grown up in certain ineffable ways while being here. Not as much as I could have, but still enough. I feel closer to the realities of the world. That's philosophy for you, though. It's not just suburbia anymore, and that's pretty valuable. I miss all of my friends who are still in high-school, but it's not the same, and it never can or should be. I miss my friends who have graduated from high school, but I don't miss the constrictions of Hillsboro and our family homes. I don't miss being a child in every sense. I love the ability to make my own choices -- simple choices, like where to sleep, when to sleep, how to sleep -- and knowing that I made them on my own and made them right. I was going crazy over the four-day Thanksgiving break. How will I handle this?
I need a job, or I'll go mad.
That's way too long.
I've grown up in certain ineffable ways while being here. Not as much as I could have, but still enough. I feel closer to the realities of the world. That's philosophy for you, though. It's not just suburbia anymore, and that's pretty valuable. I miss all of my friends who are still in high-school, but it's not the same, and it never can or should be. I miss my friends who have graduated from high school, but I don't miss the constrictions of Hillsboro and our family homes. I don't miss being a child in every sense. I love the ability to make my own choices -- simple choices, like where to sleep, when to sleep, how to sleep -- and knowing that I made them on my own and made them right. I was going crazy over the four-day Thanksgiving break. How will I handle this?
I need a job, or I'll go mad.