Reunion//post grad life

This past weekend my best friends from college and I all got together, which has been rare since we graduated a year and a half ago.  It's especially hard to plan since we all live so far away--one lives in Australia, another in Africa, one in New York, and the rest sprinkled throughout California.  It's incredibly bittersweet to all be together again; I'm reminded of all of our fun times and how well we all get along, how comfortable we are with each other, and how nostalgic I am for the time that we lived in the same building or mere blocks away.

Seeing everyone makes me happy and sad all at once... navigating the post college life is tough sometimes.  Of course it's so exciting and fulfilling to have a job (and make money!) and have a "real" apartment, and do adult things like go wine tasting or take weekend trips with your significant other.  But it's also confusing... not all of your friends are close by, it's sometimes difficult to make new friends, the carefree college life is over (Fridays are no longer optional), and you're in this awkward middle ground of still wanting to do whatever you want but not having it be appropriate at all times.  Add into the mix that most other people are feeling this way (and are at different stages of "growing up"), and it makes the social life of college seem so much simpler and attractive.  You begin to realize that it will never be the same as it was before.

I mean, it's not as depressing as maybe I'm making it sound, but it's hard to only be together for short periods of time.  It's bittersweet.  Once I arrived home last night after the weekend of laughing and being ridiculous and nonstop talking, everything seemed so silent and lonely (and I am the queen of independence).  I guess it will be nice to have these few days of solitude before family time this Christmas, but for now, I am already missing these people.