Cuttin' ties and leavin' town

I was talking with Philippe the other day. General talk about our plans for February and what not. I have some traveling on the docket - Budapest and Romania. I am SO excited. A week with Tom seeing a country I have been wanting to see for awhile. It will be grand. We also talked about home for a bit. He went back to Montreal for Christmas. I told him that there are a lot of people that I don't care about any more and he seemed to understand that. Being here makes it easier to not deal with those people, who by no means do I hate, but they just don't play the same role in my life anymore. Coming back to the States, whenever that happens, is going to be weird. There are several people who I just don't feel connected to anymore and I, personally, don't feel like putting in the effort to "save" a friendship. I have some amazing friendships and some have even managed to grow after I left the country. It is kinda weird how things end up working out, eh? I think I am over being bitter but am sure that I will have to deal with that whenever it is I make my return to the States. It is nice that I have made some good friends here in Paris. Friends I know I am going to keep for a long time. Friends I know I can travel to Eastern Europe for a week with and know that I won't hate them by the end.

I don't know why I have been thinking about home some much lately. Maybe I just realized how little I actually talk to anyone from home, including my family. Not that it is a bad thing. I shouldn't be in Paris and trying to live my life in Pgh. My pgh life wasn't the best when I left it - part of the reason I wanted to come to Paris. I am excited to see how my reintegration goes. To me the situation looks kinda bleak but then again you never know what the next 6-7 months will bring. Plus I am not the only person return from abroad so I won't be in it alone.

But let's focus on ROMANIA. Dracula's Castle!