Give us this day our daily bread

and forgive us our trespasses...

Driving home tonight from a bonfire, my mind began to question exactly how many of the goodbyes I'd said earlier were goodbyes until October, or even December. I think I've basically reached the point where I've accepted my sadness and am ready to just begin anew. But tonight on that drive home I felt deeply saddened again, perhaps just from the finality of my last "night out" of the summer. Of course it's not an official goodbye. It's just starting to sink in that I won't be seeing the people I've seen every week this summer again for quite some time. I've taken it for granted that I'll see some of them again and get a chance to say my fall goodbyes... but for many, I won't. It's hitting me now. So I turned on the radio to a Christian rock station, and just as a tear slid down my cheek I heard the line, "God counts your every tear". I couldn't help but laugh, look up at the stars and whisper, "Sorry for making you count so high..." Yay for releasing your emotions!

On a plus note I am extraordinarily excited about college. We had an ND/SMC sendoff thing and it was awesome to meet so many cool people. I'm really looking forward to it.

But it's wayyy late/early and I need sleep!