>A friend of mine is leaving. She’s going back to college somewhere near Chicago. It’s somewhat strange because although she’s been working at the same place as me for quite some time… it’s been a very long time since we’ve said anything more then the occational “hi”. I wouldn’t even know if I wasn’t hanging around someone’s desk when she was telling them she was leaving.

She was part of the intial “group” which consisted of my 2nd roommate, my buddy Jay, and a few other people here and there. We’d go out, enjoy a bit of pool, hanging out, video games… it was a nice little group. It gradually worked its way apart as people changed, mainly due to who they were dating at the time…

I had expressed my feelings towards her — but I just wasn’t what she was looking for… and I just didn’t feel it was worth the struggle to keep her as a friend… it was too hard to see her with the other schmucks she’d choose to date instead. Now she’s off, I probably won’t see her again, and I really don’t mind. I’ll always have the pleasant memories of us hanging out — when things weren’t so stressful… and things made a hell of a lot more sense.

I wish her the best of luck, and to those that I don’t see anymore that are somewhere in the area — those were good times, but people move on for different reasons.