Laying in my "big girl" bed

i'm back home, in my nice, comfy FULL sized bed. i can sleep stretched out like a star fish and take up as much room as possible, instead of staying scrunched up in a little ball. ahhhhh....:) how nice that i get to enjoy this for the next three and half months. my back is very grateful! ;)

today was a wild day. last final this morning, after only four hours of sleep and no studying (shhh, don't tell haha) - goodbye bearded lady professor, you were really nice, but i just couldn't take the boredom that is your class for one more day...not to mention what a distraction your unusual facial hair is! anywho, after getting some weird dizzy spell after eating a muffin (potentially drugged...ok, just an overactive imagination) and passing out into an hour and half crazy nap back at the dorm, the day really started.

after a final lunch in the centrum and cleaning like the merry maids...or not-so-merry...claire and i took the time to sit in the quiet and just kind of think about what crazy experience we had just had over the past eight months. how much we had changed and grown...but most importantly on all the people who had entered and changed our lives.

i never used to be a big crier. in fact, i'm still not. but today, i walked out of my dorm room door and i bawled. not just a couple tears, i really cried. Its funny how, after four years of high school, i didn't cry, i just wanted out. but after only a year here at Cal Lu, i felt more attached and more at home that i ever had at Buena. it was hard saying bye to everyone, and a little awkward with some, but I didn't lose it until i had to say bye to Emily while my dad was sitting out in the packed-up car.

Dear Eke,

As much as we act like we hate each other sometimes, you're the best friend I've made while I've been at Cal Lu. While no one drives me as crazy as you do, no one makes me laugh as hard as you do. Between all the "wow! I just wanted to play with you" moments and the "rude!" ones and the "i love you!" times, I guess I got a little attached to you haha. Thank gosh I did that freakishly weird wave at you in the caf that one day...I would have been missing out if I hadn't. :) I'll miss our tired jollies, little fights, bizarrely hilarious quotes, and fat days over the next three months! GB for now :)

Love,

Me