Hola amigos.

True friendships are ones that can age with years of absence, but find that the deeper ties within them never really fade. I find it amazing, & at the same time truly thankful to have had these influences so far in my life.

Spontaneous yet long overdue, I attended a sleepover with the girls I spent my grammar school years with. You could tell right off the bat that we as a group compliment each other, as oppose to having 6 girls (well, Friday night it was 5 - Melissa was in New Paltz & unable to come down to Nyc for the weekend) with the same similar personalities. The random outbursts of yelling & laughing, swapping stories about how stupid boys are, the over-amount consumptions of alcohol / lack there-of, to just genuinely catching up. The last time I saw these girls, the "group", was my Sophomore year in high school. & Even then, I didn't get to spend the whole day with them. Eating dinosaur chicken nuggets together reminded me of how young & carefree we were, to having a few Coronas & watching rediculous reality shows on MTV shows how true friendships don't change. Rather, they're resiliant & able to change with time. Although I have to admit, I felt a little out of place & uninformed with certain things they were talking about, but it was nothing a good gossip talk could fix up. & Even though it was a pretty eventful & rough night, it hasn't changed the fact that I missed these moments of reliving my early years in St Sebastian's.

To be, I strongly believe that your morals & outlooks on life are a reflection of how you were brought up. I was never given the things that I wanted on a silver plate - so anything I earned, I never took for granted. As a matter of fact, I rarely take things for granted at all. Blame the Cancerian in me for being extremely sentimental over the smallest things. So, just like the little valued things I have in my life, my friendships fall under that category as well. With that said, I found out this past weekend that my friend Erika, whom I met through people who attend SJU, is withdrawing & moving back to her hometown Los Angeles. Although I've only known her for several months, I felt horrible that she's going back for good. Even though she exerted herself as an acquiantence to the guys I used to hang out with in high school, she grew to become a genuine friend to me. Helping her seal up the boxes of clothes & shoes in her dorm & knowing she'd be gone within the week made me realize the situation I was in when I left Chicago - but this time, I was the one staying. Although I'd love for her to kick it out here on the East Coast, you can't hold back someone from being where they truly belong. I now knew what it felt like to leave the friendships I've made during my stay in Chicago, & I'm fully aware of the feelings she's probably going through. Excited to finally be returning to familiar places & people, but hating the fact you're going to be leaving the friendships you've established. But, this is only the beginning, & what are webcams for anyway. (:

It was nice meeting you, Erika "Twin" Cabato.
Although SJU didn't live up to your college expectations, the only thing that comes to my mind right now is that "it's a New York thang". I'll be seeing you sometime in July though, West Coast ain't reaaady. I now have all the more reason to goto California.

Alright, it's a little past 9AM & I totally got my work schedule mixed up. Since I switched shifts with Nick (my Wednesday for his Sunday, aka today), I misread the schedule I wrote down & distorted my time management. I read "Saturday, 9-4pm", which I gave to another coworker yesterday. So there I go, mistakening my Saturday for Sunday, waking up at 7AM & hopping into the shower. Mid-shampoo'ing, I realized the mistake I made & just let out a huge sigh. To basically sum it all up? I could've used this time to catch up on sleep, but now I'm wide awake - great. I have 5 hours to kill until I start to head downtown, & since I'll be getting home late from work I have no choice but to do homework. Bravo, Kay, a truly great performance.

What a dumbass.