This Thing Called Life: Do I Really Have to Leave Here?

So with less then a week left in California, the packing has begun, as have the goodbyes. Let me say for the record, that while I am excited to see my family in Virginia, and everyone back at school in Cola, but I am by no means excited or ready to leave here. Somewhere along the line I fell in love with California, my job, and all the amazing people I have met out here, and I just am not ready to leave it behind. With that being said, here are just a few things I am going to miss about California, and a few things I am excited to have again on the East Coast:

Things I am Going to Miss:

1. The lack of humidity out here, it really just does wonders for your hair

2. The fact that it has not rained one day all summer

3. San Jose State University

4. My students, co-workers, and new friends

5. Fro Yo and In and Out milkshakes

6. Great public transportation

7. San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Napa and the coast

8. Living in a city

9. The relaxed pace of life and go with the flow attitude of everyone

10. Palm Trees, they are everywhere

Things I Cannot Wait to Have Again:

1. My family

2. Dunkin Donuts

3. To be able to cook my own food again

4. My shower

5. Fried Pickles

6. No three hour time difference, it makes communication hard

7. Seeing everyone back in Cola

8. My brita filter, and my nalgene

9. Having my car, and not having to rely on other people to get places

10. Gamecock football

I'm excited for the week ahead, prepared for some rough goodbyes, and trying to remember that I am leaving a place I love, to go back to a place I love. WIth that said, here are some pictures from the past weeks adventures.