Path of Divergence

It's starting to hit. 

**(warning: This may be a sentimental blog--something that isn't common with me, haha)**

With graduation nearly a month away, many things are starting to happen.  One of those things being my friends all going different directions.  Tonight I said goodbye to my close friend Ashley as she embarks on her new life in Seattle.  

Ashley and I were roommates freshman year and have stayed close ever since.  And even though we don't get to see each other all the time, we always try to stay up-to-date on each others lives.  I wish her the best of luck as she moves to Seattle to be with her Army husband. (Ashley and I freshman year)

Then there's the matter of the Fab5...which if you don't know already, is made up of the four best friends a girl could ask for-Siobhan, Vicki, Katie and Kathryn.  (One Fab5 pic from each year)

The first one to leave was Siobhan.  It's hard to actually say this because I don't think it had really sunk in yet but I'm not sure when I will get to see her again.  She was accepted into a fabulous masters program at the University of Tennessee and will be spending the next year there until graduation next August.  I miss you Siovy! (Halloween of junior year)

Then there's Katie...or what she will now be known as in her 3rd grade classroom...Ms. Freeman.  I'm happy to say that Katie will be staying in Auburn so I know exactly where to find her for the next couple of years.  And let me just say that she is going to be the most awesome teacher in that school! :-) (At a social freshman year)

Kathryn has another year of school left and then who knows where she will end up going-I'm hoping that she comes up to NYC! But California may be where she ends up. I know she will always be there to support me and actually I received a hand written letter in the mail today from her just saying that she wished me the best of luck during my interviews this week. She couldn't be a better best friend. (Kathryn visiting me when I interned in NYC last summer)

And lastly...Vicki.  Well, at the moment, her future plans are about as concrete as mine.  We are both hoping to make the move to the Big Apple but no final plans have been set. (Anyone need a fabulous journalist?? Because you should hire her!) (Vicki and I last summer in Central Park)

I'm not sure what I am going to do without them. Or without any of my friends that I'm leaving behind after graduation (Sorry that I can't name everyone but if you're my friend then I'm talking to you too!).  It's just not the same as leaving your high school friends. Now we are moving on to real adult lives. We are not just going away for college...we are really leaving and not coming back.  It's like I've hit a fork in the road and we are all choosing different paths.  Not that this is a bad thing...it's a great thing!! It's just going to take a little while to get used to.  

Am I still ready to graduate and move on? Absolutely! But going to dinner tonight with Ashley and her family definitely gave me a cold dose of reality. 

Once I get back from New York, I will only have 35 days left in Auburn. That's only 4 weekends to have saturday movie nights/visit friends/pack/move until I leave. Only 4. 

I am truly blessed to have the best friends in the entire world.  Thank you for a fabulous college experience.  I will never forget the impact that you made on my life. 

"Our finger prints don't fade from the lives we've touched." -Remember Me