Moving

These past few days have been crazy! I never realized how stressful moving was. You have to decide whether or not you can bring that favorite stuffed animal (or the other 20 favorites!), or if he has to stay home. Then you realize, wait, home? What really is home? You are moving; home is where you are moving, right? But then home is where the stuff is, so if you leave half your stuff back at your childhood home, which one is actually home? It is a vicious cycle really. I don’t think that I have fully accepted the fact that I am moving yet. It all still seems so unreal. Yet in two days from now I will be in Tacoma, and then in three days I will be all moved in, with grand new adventures sitting at my doorstep waiting to be released. There is so much in Spokane that I will miss though. The friendships that I have made over the many years of living here are not easily let go. While I know that I will be back, it is a bittersweet thought that those friendships may dwindle away. The last thing I want to do is to forget my friends back home, but I know that I must make the transition and know that if we are truly friends we will make it work and keep in touch. Whatever happens I will never forget the fond memories I have. Life is all about meeting people and then having to say goodbye. No matter how much I may dislike it, goodbyes are inevitable. In just a few short hours my life will be packed into boxes. I will be saying goodbye to family, friends, and Spokane, the only home I have ever known in my life. I am excited for college; I have been told countless times that it is an unforgettable and life-changing experience. I have also been told that it is a blast and a half and to enjoy it all. Oh yeah, it’s also school, apparently it is hard work, but to be intellectually stimulated in an environment where everyone is there because they want to be there, and you are studying something that will help determine what you are going to do with the rest of your life, wow! What an exciting and amazing concept! It may be difficult, but I am so ready for it. I have resolved that I am not going to be one of those college students that parties all day and night, but I also will not be one of those college students that only studies, it’s all about balance! And I think I am ready for it. So goodbye Spokane, I’ll come back and visit, don’t worry, and hello Tacoma, bring it on!