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• padraic left this morning for colorado/new mexico. we ended our skype call at around ten o'clock last night, and i won't see him again til monday (or sunday night, depending on how late they get back). it's not as bad as i expected, though it's hard not to tell him things and interact with him (though there is the possibility that he has signal and can call me, and if not, i'm going to write letters anyway).
• yesterday morning i went to the post office to get my passport photo taken so i could renew my expired one before europe, but apparently since i got it before i was sixteen, i had to start all over. but i was lucky because the people who had come before me were really quick, and normally i would have needed an appointment. so the lady took me and said she had time to do it. luckily i had brought my checkbook by chance. it was good to get that taken care of.
• i still need to turn in my withdrawal form and have an exit interview, if it's true that they still do those. i guess i've just been avoiding it because it's kind of awkward. WELL, hours have elapsed since the last sentence, and I turned in that form! WOOT!
• my piano teacher encouraged me to continue with piano because she thinks i'm very musical and have a very natural feel for the instrument, which i thought was nice. i wish i could just be more dedicated. it's hard to practice the same things over and over and genuinely devote yourself to perfecting the pieces and the slight nuances that make it better. i know i'll always play piano. it's just not the formal style of learning that i enjoy, i guess. but i have to remember there was a time at which i yearned for lessons.
• it should be a nice weekend. i should clean my room.
• i did some sudoku and crosswords earlier. i'm in a very puzzle-y mood. i should shower.
• i miss padraic...but not in an "i'm dying without him" kind of way. in more of an "i want to write about him and make things for him and appreciate the fact that i can miss him" kind of way. it's also weird not feeling like i have to go talk to him after i'm done with something. it's an interesting kind of freedom that i don't necessarily want but that is nice to have for a change.
• i'm starting to get in a boat-and-cabin mood.