the best of both worlds (??)

things i am so excited for:
aimless drives. drive thru starbucks. ralph's at the last possile minute. my favorite choir. going to Church with my parents and singing with my favorite choir. patrolling the streets of locust valley. going into NYC on the spur of the moment. visiting people when they are so not expecting me to randomly pop up out of nowhere. going back to portledge. seeing teachers. portledge graduation and ari's graduation. cousin gatherings. directing GREASE. another summer of pottery. showing up at summer stock. TGI FRIDAYS. LAGUNA. watching HOUSE until my eyes fall out. BAYVILLE SWINGS. roosevelt field/walt whitman/broadway. CPK. sketchy gc movie theatre. AIDS WALK. VAN HALEN. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. MY BABIESSS.

things and people i am not excited to leave:
our hallway spot. VERONICA MARS. mornings at jazzmans. JOAN DAVID. PAT HAWKRIDGE. good old stella, even with her dying hubcaps. Sunday night Mass. SKRANCHING it. endless movie saturday afternoons. wal-mart runs for no apparent reason. providence place. REMI'S. the trolley. achmed, the dead terrorist and jeff dunham in general. massive debates in skranch at odd hours of the afternoon. campus ministry meetings. MILEY MART runs. girl talks until 4am. OLD SCHOOL BSB. apple bottom jeans, boots wit da furrr. welcome to connecticut. sharing ipods on the RIPTA. dances in ochre court. st. clare nursing home. special olympics. movies in wakey. miley meals, despite the disgusting food. brick alley pub. the red parrot. yesterday's. LET'S GET CAUGHT. totino's pizza rolls. MO THE SHUTTLE DRIVER. complaining about NSS. and of course, "GRACIE WE'RE TAKING YOU OUT TO DINNER!!"

come to think of it, i am so so so lucky to have the best of both worlds. and only one aspect of the Salve world is going to dissapear. when i think of it that way, that particular aspect doesn't seem so daunting.