Wednesday is fast approaching. It’s weird. Surreal. Have you seen that show, the Surreal Life? I’m not sure I’d recommend it, but I got caught up in a marathon a few weeks ago and ended up seeing several episodes. It’s about ex-Celebrities who are now all washed up. A bunch of them are put in a house and forced to live together and basically embarass themselves in order to probably get a few bucks.

Anyways … today I was able to accomplish a ton of stuff. I went to Freddies and bought lots of extra shampoo, deodorant, etc. It’s really freaky how expensive that stuff is! You’d think they’d want everyone smelling yummy and so they’d keep the prices on hygiene products quite low. But no. It’s like $4 for a bottle of body wash. Rediculous.

The last week or so I’ve been scheduling appointments with friends to go out to lunch or just generally hang out before I leave. This whole experience of “leaving” is beginning to feel a bit drug out. I get the feeling that lots of my friends are shocked that its actually happening. Doing something like this is one of those things that ya talk about doing, but it never actually materializes. Or at least, that’s how most trips have been. I don’t know how many times Katie and I planned on moving to some exotic location. Well, I guess Vancouver, BC and Los Angeles aren’t exactly “exotic” … but nonetheless … they felt big, mysterious and exciting in those moments late at night when we discussed it. What we really wanted was to experience the world – see and feel everything it has to offer.

Today we talked for the first time all summer and it made me really miss her. I feel a twinge of guilt for doing something so amazing without her. Yano, growing up is hard. You’re supposed to make new friends and not mind leaving your old ones behind; but its just never that simple. As much as I enjoy change – I hate it. Being stretched is good and necessary, but is a bit painful as well.

Anyways, I think I’m being all melancholy because I just watched a sappy movie and I’m tired. Tomorrow is Kristy’s graduation party so I should get some sleep. I’ve been staying up rediculously late. A word of caution: hanging out over at Josh & Dan’s is not a good idea if you want to be in bed before 2am.