I MISS MY FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!!!!

So lately I've been taking advantage of time off and catching up on things around the house. Getting christmas shopping done early, for once! Cleaning, cooking (from scratch!), redoing rooms, playing the flute again, etc. Although I have a lot of people that care for me and they are great people, it's just not the same. I feel the need to explain my past with each person. There are like two people I don't have to do that with and neither live close enough to see regularly. The ones I see regularly don't have the history. I hate that family is spread out nowadays. I mean I know it's progress and people have good opportunities in other places. It's just we miss out on the daily living with each other. The good and the bad. I feel like we don't really share our lives with others anymore. The ones we do, are sometimes so taxing, I find myself resentful and bitter. Anywho....I miss my long-distance friends and family.

We got to eat and shop with Tim and Bethany last weekend. It was so great and at the end I was so sad. I know it's only 3 months they'll be gone, and it's not like I see them real regularly, now, but knowing it would be a days drive to visit makes me miss them all the more.