Well people, my world here in Australia was just rocked. Our friends have left to return home to the States. Their time here in Oz is over, and we have lost half of the girls that live on our street, along with two wonderful couples. I have been fortunate to be thrown into friendships for most major changes in my life. Transferring to Tech, I just joined in with Kim’s group of friends from the dorms. Those friendships continued to grow through college, and the friendships of the fab5 are still strong today. Going on Summer Project to Santa Cruz was over 50 forced friendship. You really have no choice but to become besties with those people, and a year and a half later they are still people who I care for deeply and have a special place in my heart. Coming here, there was a group of people who understood us right away. They knew what it was like to go through this change, and were able to be a great support to me over the past four a half months. They could have survived without us coming to Australia, but we couldn’t have survived without them.
I have always thought it is easier to be the one leaving than the one that is left. The one that leaves gets to go experience new things, get into a new routine, and has the excitement of unfamiliar ground. The one left has to find a way to continue their old routine, a way to survive without the familiar. Being in this position is not a fun place to be.
For their last night in Melbourne, we had a team dinner and then spend the night walking around the city looking at how they have jazzed it up for the holiday season. It was quite nice waking around in shorts and a tank top (:
So to Bess, Nicole, Nina, Michelle, Katherine, Lori, Chris, Jessamyn, and Jordan, thanks for everything! You have made my time here what it is and I'm so grateful for yall! Enjoy the greatness that is America!
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