packed

I packed pretty much everything I think I'll need/want, it's a one bag thing; the normal clothes in one bag, the electronics and objects of personal value in one bag, the shoes in one bag, the bedding in one bag, the dress clothes in one bag, the hats in a small bag, and I'll be carrying my life in my backpack, as usual. I've sorted through pretty much my entire room, cleaned out most of it, the rest will get cleaned out at some point tonight or tomorrow. Gone through ALL of my pens...and I love pens and pencils, and I have 200+, no exageration required, it's ridiculous. I'm sure I'm forgetting a few things, but I doubt it's very much, tonight Mari's sleeping over, it'll be nice to see her right before I leave, because tomorrow we drive upstate around midday, I'll prolly hop online to check the email tomorrow night, there's a few things I've gotta pack up from up there, and then on tuesday I'm starting bright and early up at RPI. Along with 1370 other freshmen, 27% of which are female, and pretty much exactly 1% I know (not the females, the entire class silly). I'll have super high speed internet there, and a roommate, we'll see how things go, feels a little weird to be leaving without the intent to come back, yes I'll visit, yes I'll see everything again, yes I'll sleep in that bed again, but I'll never live here again, not permanently, hopefully not even for a duration like my brother is doing. I'll be finally really truly free, it's beautiful. I'll miss people, I'll miss places, I'll miss doing things (sidenote; bought a copy of Farenheit 451 to take to college, read it like 3 more times over the past coupla weeks, there's an amazing piece on death and remembering people that really hit me these times, maybe cause since I've read it I've had three people who I really care about die, both on purpose and not, but it's amazing, has to do with missing and how people fit into other people's lives), and I'll miss the times I had. But some of those I'll stick with, mostly people, some of those I'll forget, mostly places, and some will never leave me, people again. The ones that fade until they're gone don't really matter in the first place usually, not always, so I'll try to keep my forgetting/disappearing to a minimum. It's been fun.