Nostalgia.

Well hi there. Long time no post.

Lots of things have come and gone, Christmas and New Years and now almost Valentines Day.

Did anyone make any New Year's resolutions?

I did, but I lost the list...

I never see to follow them anyway.

I just make goals on a day-to-day basis and if I reach them, great, if not, move on.

(It's what planners are for).

Life seems like it should be settling into a normal rhythm (rythym? rythm? I can't never spell that word), and this past week since I've been back in Florida it has.

However, I still can't help but notice my upcoming graduation, moving out, finishing high school for good and starting a completely new life.

Not gonna lie, I'm super excited!

I am excited to live in a dorm and go to classes at a real college (not that VCC isn't, but, well, it doesn't really feel like it).

I am excited that I will be able to work out there and swim in Wesleyan's indoor swimming pool and meet friends and be on my own.

I'm also a little sad, a little nostalgic, about all the things I will leave behind.

As I go through all of my belongings and either put things in the "keep" pile or the "throw away" pile, I realize that, as terrible as it sounds, it almost seems like soon I will have to do that with my friends, too.

Let's be realistic here.

Most of my friends are staying in Florida, but here I am moving off to Georgia, and while that isn't very far away, I'm not going to see my friends, hang out with them, or talk with them nearly as much. These last few months may be the last that I ever see some of them again.

It's really a rather somber realization.

I find myself becoming a minimalist these last few months, my desire to want "things" fading each and every day. I don't care about the stuff piled in my closer anymore, the old clothes I said I'd keep for someday, a pile of Christmas presents under the tree. I find myself wanting short, sweet, and to-the-point things: such as, "will this be useful for my dorm?" (Coffee maker? Yes. 3-year old bouncy ball? Well, erm, no.)

I guess it's just kind of strange to know that in just a little while, my entire childhood will be packed into about 3 boxes.

- Lacy.