Maryoceane

 Uh, amazing? Last night was anyway. Although, I realized going away parties are generally a bad idea because it’s a time when all the people you love most in the world gather together, and start making you feel so special and cared about that you begin questioning why you’re even going away in the first place. Don’t get me wrong, I know exactly why I’m leaving…but when nights like last night happen and so many hugs and “I love you”’s are exchanged, it makes it really hard to remember.

What makes me just as sad as leaving long-term friends is leaving the people that I just recently met in the past few months. Where were you people last year?

Anyway, here’s a recap of last night:

-       Got there and immediately started drinking before most people showed up because of nerves/reality setting in.

-       Two different people walked up to me and started talking to me because they thought I was Elaine. I guess the pretty much identical outfit had something to do with it. But really, did you ever stop to notice how tall Elaine had gotten since you last spoke to her 5 minutes ago?

-       Elaine and Austin played. Travisless (GET WELL SOON!!) and Andrewless (COME HOME!!). Adorable as always.

-       Roky Moon and Bolt played. I love you, Mike Hardin. You always make me so happy.

-       The Ton Tons played. DAMN YOU ASLI FOR ALMOST MAKING ME CRY. 

-       Saw reeeeally old friends I hadn’t seen in a long time.

-       Drunkenly danced and sang really badly to Michael Jackson for the greater latter portion of the night. (Thank you Mills and Fred for playing music that gave me so many opportunities to make a really huge ass out of myself.)

-       Nick Dudek pulling an MJ on me.

-       Seeing Courtney out and having a really good time. Her voicemail this morning was hilarious. Such a grandma.

-       Things start getting a little blurry after 3am. I do know that we went to Connor and James’ place until 6am, but the details are fuzzy. Why do we always stay there so late? Joe and I saw people JOGGING on our way home. I think when people call really healthy people “health nuts” they really do mean that they’re out of their minds.

-       I only managed to cry once, and it had nothing to do with going away. The control that I had on my emotions last night astounds me. Anyone who really knows me knows I can be an emotional wreck, so I don’t know how I didn’t turn into a blubbering fool last night.

I remember a lot of pictures being taken, so don’t be surprised if you see really terrible sweaty pictures of me floating around on the internet somewhere. I’ll be sure to post some really golden ones soon.

Oh friends, I love you.