Why is it only 4 years...

   Last night Steven and I were talking about the upcoming game and he pointed out this little fact: after this football season most of our friends will be gone from Oxford.  This is pretty much the last game we will see everyone considering not everyone will be coming back for the egg bowl. 
   For Steven, this is the last time he may ever see some people.  People like pledge bothers and aquaintances that he enjoys seeing but doesn't keep in touch with. Guys are so bad about keeping in touch! 

   I realized this is kind of the same for me.  I mean my group of great friends, I know we will keep in touch.  There are those people though that I love to see and talk to, but know I will not keep up with for years to come.  That is really sad to me.  The problem is that I thought I had already been through this... I've already said bye to friends!
   Anyone remember graduation? From the second I walked out of my last exam I was a blubbering mess!  I remember walking down the hall of Connor (the place I had spent an ungodly amount of time in over the years) and I turned around to take one last look.  Fighting back the tears, I knew that this normalcy would soon be gone and my life would be different. The night before we moved out of the Chi O house I cried nonstop... at the bar, late night, I couldn't look at anyone without loosing it. Why couldn't my friends come live with me and Steven...all of them!
  
   It turns out that not too much changed. I am still breathing without my friends with me all of the time, and it is fun to have so much time with Steven!  Yes there are plenty of people I do not see, but the fact that I still have so many people only 30 minutes away makes it so much easier! I've been to Oxford all but 1 football game, and life really isn't too different.
   I feel that this upcoming year may be a bigger change than the last.  Don't get me wrong, I will still have a few friends in Oxford...but not many.  I don't know where some of my best friends will be, and as for the others I do know and could cry just thinking about them being that far away!  I have said this from day 1 of college... Those 4 years are the best time of your life. When you are young you say, "When I'm in college...", and when you're old you always say "When I was in college...."  Why is it only 4 years? 

   So to everyone...lets work hard on keeping in touch and planning fun get togethers several times a year until we look like this! Love you all!!

" I thank my God upon every remembrance of you" Phil 1:3

  PS: I promise my next post will be happier!

~Masey