Times Like These

Well this weekend has marked a MAJOR shift in the wind.

Aaron leaves for Singapore tomorrow not to return for 3 years,

Amber, Ashley, Kayie, Stu and Miles have gradutated,

And the situation with Dave and Danielle is FINALLY over as all loose ends have now been tied.

I did something Saturday night that I've not done in a VERY long time. This kind of thing generally goes against my nature, but eh, I need to loosen up a LITTLE.

Jake and Kaysie stayed the night when everybody else left. I shared my bed with Kaysie, and we ended up making out pretty much all night. Yeah, it was a suprise to me too lol, but I figured I'd just go with it, I haven't kissed a girl in over a year now and it was nice to get back into the swing of things lol. Completely no-strings-attached too, and THAT'S what goes against my nature... but no big deal, nothing serious.

Ambers speech as Valedictorian went so well, it was very well written and she spoke very clearly, although the sound echoed so that it was difficult to understand her. It wasn't her fault, though. I'm very proud of her, she worked SO hard to get to where she is, and she deserves every bit of praise she gets.

I haven't yet spoken to Ruth about our latest unsettlement in our everlasting disagreement, or I should say misunderstanding of each other... But now is not the time to be worried about that. Same goes with Sara. There are much bigger things happening at this point in time and I'd hate to bring any of the attention onto myself.

By the way, Jon, I respect that you want to stand up for Ruth, no hard feelings. I'd just like to assure you that Ruths best interest is in my mind also, I care for her as a sister, so you can be sure that I don't intend to hurt her or upset her, and while we WILL argue from time to time, it's only a matter of days before we normally move past it and everything is ok. So whenever things like this come about, don't worry about it too much, I don't think there's a danger of Ruth and I ever ceasing to be friends. You're a great guy and I am GLAD that you're the one she's with, it just means that I have less to worry for her about lol.

I admit it, I had tears in my eyes when Aaron left Tim's house last night. Seeing him drive away in the seafoam green minivan blasting some of his favorite music despite his two blown speakers for the last time... well, it choked me up. I'm going to miss that kid... haha, even as I type this the tears are starting to well up again. Maybe it seems to some that it's not "manly" to cry for a male friend when they leave lol, but Aaron was a GOOD friend, a brother, and not having him around anymore is going to be so hard to deal with, he's just one of those people...

We all are taking it pretty hard, I know Sara was crying, I think Stu was too, but I don't think anybody else has really let it hit them just yet.

It's not the end, we all KNOW that, he will come back, but that doesn't mean that we can handle not seeing him for 3 years with ease.

Good luck Aaron, you know you're going to be sorely missed and that as soon as you get back, you're going to have a LOT of people surrounding you.

Dave and Danielle are coming back. After leaving Tim's, Sara, Dave, Dani and I sat in my car for around 2 hours just talking about EVERYTHING. Travis eventually joined us, though he didn't say much.

They want to come back, and they regret the way things happened, but at the same time, they know that it happened for a reason and that they wouldn't take it back knowing that they wouldn't be in the frame of mind they're in now if those events hadn't taken place.

It's so crazy... Aaron's leaving, Chris and Nikki are eventually leaving, and Dave and Dani are coming back... Things are coming full circle... I can only imagine what its going to be like 3 years from now when Aaron comes back and Chris and Nikki come back... Where will we be then?

The one thing I am 100% certain about is that this group of friends-FAMILY that I have here, this is the kind of bond that I'm sure brings tears to the eyes of angels. We all care about each other and love each other so much, we're one big family, it's SO awesome and I can't imagine ever leaving.

Thankfully, my parents hated Texas, so I will NOT be moving!!!! PRAISE God!!!

That's all for now, I have some photos being processed that I have to retrieve.