And we're back

I can't believe it's December.

The last few weeks have been very good to me. We had a pre-Thanksgiving Thanksgiving party at Alex's place and it went really well. I was planning on making hand made invitations and sending them out in the mail to all the guests, but I ended up sending them to 3 people, only 2 of whom received the invite before the actual party. Ah well, procrastination is my specialty.

We had a whole bunch of really good friends over and I think everyone had a really good time. We combined Alex's dinner table and desk to create a long table. We covered them in table cloths and I finally got to use my fall seasonal candles that I bought from the Museum Store like 2 years ago. We had a mish mosh of plates and utensils and chairs and everyone sat around and ate together.

We had about 16 people at the sit down dinner, and then a couple more friends who were able to make it later in the night. Both of my siblings were there, as well as 2 of my cousins and some of my best friends.

It's nice having family and friends close. Sometimes I wish everyone just always lived in the same town that you grew up in, so that you never had to say goodbye to people. Although some of the people who I'm saddest about saying goodbye too didn't grow up in this state, or on this coast for that matter. So I guess if I was an optimist I would say that it's wonderful that people can move around and have friends all over the world. But I'm not an optimist so instead I'll say that everyone I love is leaving me and I'll never see them again ever.

Speaking on people I love leaving me, my little sister is spending the spring semester in France and will be leaving within a few days of my boyfriend leaving me. Ok, so maybe I spent a semester in Rome and left her all by her lonesome, but...well I don't have an answer for that. I'll just miss her a lot :) Also my brother moved to Brooklyn so it will just be me hanging out with the roommates.

I'm terrible at saying goodbye. When I said goodbye to my college roommate before I left for Rome, I just couldn't bring myself to say it. I think we were standing in the living room of our apartment, and we hugged and then just stood there (I think I was crying) and I just looked at her and was like, "well...I'm just gonna go to the bathroom. Be right back." And then I left.

(Don't worry, she knew it was my loving way of saying goodbye! She knows my body, man. Shout out to Renee Lorenz!)

I love people that you mind meld with. They make you feel so much more comfortable in your own skin.

Saying goodbye to Alex when he leaves in January is going suck. He'll be going to Florida to continue his training for the Navy. For whatever reason, I started to cry a bit this morning. Alex asked me why I was crying and I tried to blame it on "lady problems".

His leaving just feels so close. I know with the end of the semester and then Christmas break, the time we have left will just fly by. I'm really happy for him, because he is already incredible at everything he does and I know that he'll really be in his element down in Florida. I've met some of the guys who will be down there with him and they are all really nice people.

It's just hard to deal with change. I know that he is really ready to dig into his training, and I'll be working on my master's up here, and Florida really isn't that far. But I still have that feeling of dread when I think about it.

Oh well, it's really not that far and I'm already building up my southwest points so I can come visit him. And I'll probably have time to pick up a new hobby or something...

Having a blog is awesome. It's a way to avoid doing work and be completely self indulgent, writing ridiculous stream of conscious details that I'm sure no one cares about. :)