Post # 244

It's strange to be living in Wilmington when none of my friends are. The last time I lived here was the summer before we all went to college. It was a hectic summer, starting out with prom, our high school graduation, and senior week. Everyone spent the summer preparing for college...half of us would stay in the state, and half of us would be spreading out all over the country. (MD, VA, NC, PA, MA, CO, WI..) But, that summer we spent as much time together as possible, knowing that it would be rare occasions that we would all be in the same place, together again. I miss my friends and the crazy stuff we used to get ourselves into. I miss the scavenger hunts, going to Brandywine Creek State Park, going to playgrounds late at night to have fun but ending up in serious conversations. I miss us before we were college kids, before every time we got together there had to be drinking involved. I miss us before we grew up and everyone did their hair and wore makeup. I miss when we used to really KNOW each other, before our lives in the outside world started and Wilmington and Brandywine just became a distant memory. I miss eating ice cream on Maria's kitchen floor, lunches in the cafeteria where we would sit in the same spot every single day, crazy birthday celebrations, dinners at La Tolteca and Stanleys, crazy adventures to Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Dewey Beach, Mrs. Sypher's house...

I miss it all.