Last night I had the difficult task of saying goodbye to my best friend, Alyssa. She and her mother planned a 43 hour road trip to Tucson, Arizona, to move Alyssa back to school. Unfortunately for me, I am now best friend-less on the East coast.

I put off saying goodbye for as long as I could yesterday but figuring that Alyssa and her mother had to be up at 4 am I knew I had to face the music. What I thought was going to be a tear-filled, drawn out, sappy send-off ended up being a long hug and a “see you tomorrow on iChat.” (more…)