Leaving can be difficult.

It affects so many people and in so many different ways. For the person who is going, it can be bittersweet, they are excited about a new and exciting venture, but they are leaving so much behind. For the people who are staying behind, they are excited for their friend or family, but sad to be left behind.

I don’t know if you’ve experienced this, seems to be mainly with teenagers, especially those going to college, they become incredibly unbearable, hard to deal with and hard to be around. This is common, subconsciously, it’s easier to leave if someone is mad at you, so they make everyone around them miserable and mad at them, they can leave thinking they aren’t wanted there anyway.

For me, Georgia has never been my true home, I was ready to leave about a year after I got here and then I met the wasband and we stayed, we promised the kids we’d stay in Georgia until after they graduated high school. I was excited about the new venture and then that ended and what was I going to do then?

The house went on the market and the possibilities opened up, I was going to move to the beach. I had a lot of friends in Georgia, but none that I was super super close with like I am now and it was going to be great, I was going to move, keep my friends and make new ones, and have a place for people to visit.

Then I started to settle in, made some new friends and got a lot closer with others, you might have noticed through my posts the people who are mentioned a lot. Going will be tough, and I promise not to be a ….and make people mad to make it easier to leave! But we will be back a few times a year for special occasions.

We’ll be back in July for two reasons, DCM’s daughters birthday big 16th! And I am doing the Peachtree Roadrace with CKM, then in September I am running a race and seeing my dentist, there are special birthdays to celebrate (Miss A, SSD, just to name a few), so not to worry fair Georgians, I will be back!

But…here is where my great idea comes in! I have a bunch of friends I get to go out with, brunch, lunch, dinner. Well it’s those times I am really going to miss so I proposed today to many of them that even though we would still talk on the phone a bunch, I want to set up virtual dinner/lunch/brunch dates. We will grab some dinner, Skype or FaceTime and have a meal while sitting across from each other! I thought it was a great idea and I look forward to that time with my friends and family!

That idea makes me smile