I visited Kent and Joyce tonight before they left--two people I have known and been close to for pretty much as long as I can remember.

I don't really know what to say because ... wow. I grew up with these two people and in the last hour or so, both of them have left me. As I drove away from their houses, I realized that it will be a long time before I go back there. It's crazy. I know their houses and their families so well and I can only imagine how miserable I'll be when I drive past their houses when I visit from Davis and realize that they're not there.

This is a picture of me and a half-asleep Kent who is very much bothered by the intense flash on my camera. As unflattering as this picture is for me... and as crazy as I look, I love it because it totally describes our friendship. His face is TOTALLY about to yell out "What the fuck are you doing, Lisa?!" ...and yeah, that's pretty much us. :)



I hope Joyce does not mind that I posted this picture up. I know we both look like sleep-deprived, teary-eyed crap, but I don't know. These are the last few pictures we're going to have together until Thanksgiving or Christmas.

On my way home, I thought about all the things I wish I had mentioned in your yearbook insert. You are my best friend. And you have been for so long that I don't know what I am going to do without you. We grew up together like sisters, no more than a mile apart from one another, and now we're more than 400 miles away from each other. I'm not exactly sure how to cope with that.

I keep thinking about all the people that I'm losing but then I remember a conversation with... man, I cannot remember. I've been trying to figure it out, but it hasn't been clicking in my head. I talked to someone a year or two older about friendships and how they change because of distance and college. "We'll never have that magic again," I said. "No, it's still there. It's a different kind of magic, but it's still magic. Once everyone comes back in the summer, it's like nothing has ever changed." And that's all I'm hoping for. The feeling that not a day has passed since the last time we all hung out.

Just like anything else, this is simply another part of life. And I will adapt. Everyone will adapt. Life is life! And that's all there really is to it.
 

This is a video of Sammy playing with Snowy/Snowie, Kathleen's dog, yesterday when Kathleen, Sharon and I were hanging out. (: Taken on my phone, hence the horrible quality. WHICH ONE IS WHICH? I'm happy Sammy finally made a friend that can keep up with her. ^^

Sammy is a crazypants because she can mutilate cans this way without harming herself at all! And this is why I love her so much. (: I love her like I would love my child.. if not more, because I don't like children very much.


Got my bike back from the shop yesterday. 97 dollars for repairs and an extra 20 for lights. I cleaned it up and discovered that beneath all the cobwebs, it is actually NOT BLACK. It is violet! This is my second baby. Went biking with QA to L&L for breakfast-y/lunch-y/brunch-y type foods a little while ago because we had to get up early for scheduling.

Spent a good two or so hours last night making sure that my schedule would be perfect. Made sure that all my classes would not conflict, made sure that all of my teachers were the best possible ones, made sure I had a list of alternatives, and yeah. My "pass 2" or whatever was at 7AM so I got up pretty early after staying up to work on that and to watch Hard Candy last night. I got EVERYTHING I WANTED. Except I'm taking 14 units instead of 15 like I wanted/should be. But that's okay, because otherwise, I would have 16 because of a 2-unit class (Impact of Agrochemicals on Domestic Animals, Wildlife and Humans) which I am only PARTIALLY interested in. So yeah, my schedule is kind of PERFECT. I am so excited.

Animal Science 1, Chem 2A, Math 21A, Freshman Seminar (Introduction to Careers in Veterinary Medicine). I am set! Three scattered hours on Monday, two hours on Tuesday (one at 8AM, the other at 5PM!), seven hours on Wednesday (wtf), three hours on Thursday, and three scattered hours on Friday. Aside from Wednesday (WOW, I DID NOT NOTICE THAT), my schedule is my ideal one!