Peace

We are quickly approaching September 7th. People keep saying “Oh that’s so late, that’s so late, that’s really far away,” and “that’s later than all the other schools.” Yes, well, it is not THAT late, when you think about it. No matter how LATE, its approaching must faster than I anticipated. I received a call today, and after having to bail on plans because of church meetings, I was informed my good friend leaves the Monday after this one. That’s less than two weeks. The heart wrenching part is that I am completely slammed the next few weeks, so I will see him once, if I’m even lucky, before he moves onto his campus. The week after that another close friend moves into his college dorm, and the same thing, we are both super busy and chances of seeing him are going to be extremely slim. Luckily I only have a few close friends going away for college, but then of course I have everybody else. Luckily a lot of those people I generally see pretty often, but there are also the select few I rarely see so there needs to be a SET time/date/location with them. I think that stresses me out more than seeing the frequent friends, but most of all are the people I see on a regular basis. It is stressing me out to realize I WON’T be seeing them on a regular basis. And I’m not really sure how to handle that yet.
But at the same time…
I can’t wait for college. The 24/7 community, the people, the worship, just the life I’m going to have in general. It’s going to be amazing.
But I’m so conflicted… this is so bittersweet. I get excited and then I feel bad because I remember everyone I’m leaving behind and I won’t let myself be excited anymore.
Peace. That would be nice. Mmm, I love peace.