Good-bye yellow brick road, one year later

I should be asleep but I probably won't be able to sleep because of the allergies anyway and I feel that I need to write an entry tonight. Why tonight? Well I started this blog roughly a year ago as I packed up my life and started university. For the sake of symmetry, it's interesting to compare my mind-set to what it was a year ago. I'm certainly less nervous. I know who I'm living with; I have friends there already; I know how university classes work. Good-byes weren't as hard mostly because I feel as though I've drifted away from a lot of my friends and the ones that I haven't drifted away from, I'm not worried about drifting away from now. However, there is more finality to it this year. I have already said that I will not be coming back to the dental office. I plan to stay in Waterloo next summer. That means it's my last night living at my parents' place. Tomorrow, I will take all my boxes and bags and other assorted containers filled with my personal belongings and move into my first apartment. I have been so excited about this apartment for months now (since mid-November of last year according to my blog). But tonight just feels odd. I can't put my finger on how or why. Maybe I just need some sleep.