Alrighty. It is officially packing time. I fly out on thursday at like 12:45 to spend the entire month of july in Bradenton Florida.
I'm bittersweet, definitely.
I need the money... but I have to split costs with my mother who has insisted upon coming.
and I will see family...
but at the same time, I lose all of my friends in New York...and my lovely soft puppy that I only get to see on breaks away from college.
ehhh. It's a truly bizarre feeling.
I go to florida every year, I always have.
But I'm not excited this time.
I'm not dreading it either, but it just isn't the same.

and to add to the drama, my hard drive failed.
so I've been frantically trying to save my photography and music...
which I will have no access to while in florida. fuss and bother.
Thank God my grandmother got internet.

ehh, it won't be that bad.. I hope...
but I'll keep ya posted.
The internet will be my sole lifeline to civilization!

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