My little sister left that comment. The 29th is coming up so fast it makes me sad to think about the family and friends that I will leaving behind. But mostly: my little sister and little brother will hurt the most. I don't know how to best put this into words... with my parents... I know them - they are at the point in their lives where they know enough about themselves where they are who they are... and I know fairly well who they are. And I trust that in the months between my leaving and coming back for any special events, they will still be the same parents I know now.

But as for my brother and sister... especially my sister - its so incredibly scary to leave them behind. She is young enough to change drastically in those few hypothetical months... and I don't want to not know my baby sister... it would kill me. I wish she (Mandy) and Nick (my brother) didn't have to stay behind... I wish I could pick up my whole family and take them with me - hell, this state is so cold and ugly six months out of the year I don't know who wouldn't want to leave.



The past few weekends I have been spending sundays in Onsted with my family. The last time I was home Mandy wanted to go car sledding. What is car sledding you ask? Take a rope... tie it to the back of a car or truck... grab a sled and have fun.
So the three of us [Nick, Mandy and myself] drove behind my old school since it was one of the only places that still had a good layer of snow on the parking lots. Thanks to the nights before of slow rain; everything was under a thick sheet of ice... it made it much easier to do tricks while being dragged: like spinning around in circles at twenty miles an hour. Fell off a few times but it never hurts (unless you unexpectedly get dragged into an iced over pile of plowed snow... ouch). But it was alot of fun... and it will be one of the only things I miss about winter.

But in closing: I will miss everyone I am leaving, my mom, my dad, my brother, all of my family. I will miss you too, Mandy. More than you will ever know.