sharon is leaving

yesterday i drove down to palo alto to have dinner w/ sharon, dave and some other people. we were getting together because sharon is about to take off on her cross country trip in her RV and she’s gonna be gone for 6 months. normally i would think “wow, i’m not gonna get to hang out w/ sharon for a whole 6 months", but this time it’s just the tip of the iceberg. after she gets back from her trip, she’s moving to New York to go to Cornell for 6 *years*. wow, that’s such a long time!! i already dont really get to see her all that often seeing as she lives an hour and a half away in santa cruz, but it’s gonna suck extra much now.

it’s so weird how, as life goes on, slowly but surely people that you are friends with start setting out and going far away. people that i used to see day in and day out, i hardly ever see them nowadays. i guess it makes sense. everyone’s gotta live their life and do what they gotta do, but at the same time it’s so sad to see people leave, especially when they are part of the handful of people who you have been good friends with for ages. sure everyone makes more friends along the way… but there are some people who just have been your core friends for years, and those are people who are impossible to replace. Erica, Natasha, Yan, and Sharon… out of the people that i have been close with ever since at least 10 years ago… they are the only ones i still kick it with. soon there will only be 3.

-v