Woo hoo! Way to go! And so on.

Thank you, thank you.

Good to see you around these parts. Every once and awhile when I'm here, I get reminded of how much time has passed since my heyday here. You know? It used to be, like, you knew what was going on in your friends' lives here every day, and everything was much more condensed. Now we have this wider lens, where we only interact with each other every so often, and find out what has been done in the time since we last talked. And those are more "life goal" sort of things than every day things. It used to be like, "hey, this is an interesting thing that happened to me the other day at work", whereas now it's like "hey, I bought a house a few months ago". It's weird, because I remember you making the choice to do your masters. I remember you talking about it over several days, on the pros and the cons... and now, bang, you have it.

So true, so true. I have your postcards on my bulletin board, and I see them every day. Whenever a friend comes over and sees them, I proudly say, "Those are from my friend when he took a trip around the world. Aren't they great? Isn't it cool that he thought of me, and sent them?" And then I think, good god I haven't talked to that boy in forever! I need to catch him up on everything cause, well, so much has happened. And I suspect you think the same thing, yes? And then you know, we just don't. Bah - that's not good. How about a deal - we actually start e-mailing again, eh? Yeah.

Btw, that's really cool that you remember when I was deciding if I should even do this - thanks for remembering that!

Anyway, congrats, I'm just musing on the different relationships that we have with the people around us, and how they change over time. I think this might be because I have a friend who I'm seeing today for the first time in a year and a half... she's been overseas for about two years, and I'm one of the only people she was friends with that kept in contact with her the whole time. It must be weird for her to come back and try to see what has changed with the people she used to surround herself with.

Was she in Peace Corps?

Someone once said, "Life is what happens all around you when you're not looking." And sometimes I think that really is what's happening. I have been holed up in my apartment for months giving birth to my thesis. Its not good - I've lost contact with many of my friends, and I miss them. Yes I wrote something that I'm really proud of, and I have a wonderful sense of accomplishment. But you know what? At the end of the day, its just paper. So I guess what I'm saying is, I think its wonderful that you've maintained a friendship with your friend. And I should follow your lead. Otherwise, when I go looking for my friends, they may not be there anymore, huh?

Man, Cory, leave it up to you to make me think like that Must be why I think you're such a great guy.


What I meant to say was - way to go, smartie. You earned it (well, as far as I know).

Thanks, Cory - means a lot coming from you.



Alana

Trying not to choke on hope.