It is the last day of 2007. I am sitting here feeling obligated to say something. I'm leaving for Prague in a couple days. Can't say I'm thrilled at the moment although I ought to be. I guess it's because I had a really great break and I hate to see it go. A lot of positive things happened. The first person I hung out with was Sydney and Rhonda. Sydney and I talked a lot about her college life as we ate at the village and then enjoyed a very long comfortable silence together driving around the city. I spent an afternoon with my Papa and I think after a long in depth conversation I left feeling like we had entered a new stage in our relationship. It was a great feeling. I feel older, more responsible and my family is proud of me. And I saw both sides of my family and had a great time with both. I played chess and checkers with Cullen, renewed my friendship with Danny and Martha, talked at great lengths with my aunts and uncles, and simply had a good time. I also spent a lot of time with Fran and Sean. One of the highlights of this was siting in Sean's room singing and playing songs which I realized is so much fun it's addictive. I hung out with Soyoung a lot too and have come to realize what a good friend she is. I also had dinner with Jessica one night at Ukrops and afterwards we watched Stop Making Sense by the Talking Heads. I wish I spent more time with her. And Pat arrived in town too which was a lot of fun. We went and saw Alien vs. Predator: Requiem. We were meant to hang out with Margaret but that didn't work out. I might try and meet up with her tomorrow. I'm planned on meeting Pehanich and his wife Dolly for a dinner party at two tomorrow which should be a great time down in Petersburg. I am going to love Prague, but I am going to miss all these people. I'm going to miss walking through the street, eating at cafes and restaurants, staying up till 3 in the morning, and conversing face to face with these people. I'll literally miss being able to see them. I do have Hartford after Prague to look forward to as well with Meg who's absence aches, and all my college friends, and I'm sure after some time in Prague I'll someday miss it too. I miss just about every place I've ever been. Sicily, Paris, New Mexico, The Outer Banks. Seems like I'm always missing somebody. My whole life is too spread. It'll never be all together. And I'm not complaining. It's just a constant flood of emotions. I'm always looking forward, loosing touch, finding it again, saying hello, and saying goodbye. It's overwhelming.