Friday, July 14, 2006

I'm officially sad now.

We cleaned the apartment today and started packing, we also had to move our mattresses back into our respective bedrooms because they are leaving early in the morning and don't want to have to do it then.  I think I might cry.

I'm so incredibly depressed to be leaving-its not the city, and its not the prospect of going home, its the people, the atmosphere, the camaraderie we have established.  Its been like nothing I've ever experienced before, deeper than last summer (because last year I really only had that with Sarah and Pete) and different than the connection I have with my friends at school (even though my friends at school are my best friends, the sheer amazing-ness of what the 4 of us have experienced here changes things).  The intensity of our living situation creates such a deep and immediate bond, its been wonderful and I'm incredibly sad to see it end.

I think I'm also sad because I have no idea when I will ever be back here.  I would love to say that Grad school is the perfect opportunity, but unless the degree program gets stronger, I will probably be going elsewhere.  For now I'm going to settle with the hope that in the next two years, things will improve, and then plan on going to the main campus and coming here for a semester or two.

Their flight leaves at 9 tomorrow morning, so I am going to get up and walk them to the metro, I might ride to the end of the line with them until they have to change trains, and then come back here and spend the day by myself.  Hopefully I will sleep most of the day, and then I'm going to go up Metropolis to the Starbucks and sit with my journal and book, and try not to be too depressed.  Hopefully I will get a lot of work done on my Core 200 journal-I'll have plenty of time since I don't like to be walking around by myself and I certainly don't want to be sitting around here.

Today has been dubbed, 'the last day.'  We had a farewell lunch with several of the administrators from the school, they treated us to a delicious traditional meal at a Peristeria around the corner from the campus. 

After lunch, we went to our local sweet shop and stocked up on baklava and kataifi to take home, and then came back to the apartment and started the cleaning/packing process.  I really wish I was going home tomorrow, I don't want to be here alone. 

The boys and Adrienne are coming over to the apartment tonight for dinner, we are cooking everything we have left in the kitchen so it should be interesting.  Then after dinner we are going to get dessert at the rooftop bar in Plaka and then walk up to the Areopagus-a fitting end to our trip since that is how we spent our first weekend. 

Must try not to get too depressed and console myself with the knowledge that I will at least get to see Laura and Amber on Wednesday, it won't be Athens but at least we'll get to hang out. 

Kali spera.

~RLM

GotD: adio - good bye

~sob~