This year was completely different. As Robyn and I left Ephraim, my eyes welled up. We said goodbye to the Maverik. We said goodbye to the Wal-mart and the Subway. Now I come here and hate the Maverik, Walmart, and Subway. Because they're not my stores.
We met at Robyn's to drop her stuff off and say our goodbyes. I hugged Robyn, fought back tears. Then I hugged Dani. And I couldn't stop it from coming. I started crying and shaking. She kept saying "It's only 3 weeks." I can't do 3 weeks.
I don't think I've ever got this close to someone. Dani and I talked for almost an hour and a half tonight on the phone. I hung up and just thought for a while. As weird as this sounds, my hurt literally hurts being away from her. She's my best friend, and I just get so sad whenever we don't talk.
Kind of off topic here-on Tuesday I went shopping with my Mom, and we stopped at both Walmart and Subway. And I got so sad when I was in them. They were all wrong. My walmart is small and friendly and people don't try to beat you up to get to the shelf. My walmart has an adorable greeter named Gene that always wishes you good luck on your finals. My Walmart has Jane the check-out lady. My Walmart never has lines more than 2 people deep. None of that was the same. This Walmart SUCKED.
The same thing happened at Subway. My Subway has garish, bright yellow walls with old newspaper print on them. My Subway has that girl I always complain about. My Subway has no modern art crap on the walls. Even though there were things I didn't like about both places, like the girl who makes my sandwich crappily, I still much prefer everything in Ephraim.
I don't know. I usually don't take change this hard. I guess it's still kind of surreal to me. It still feels like I'm on a long vacation, and come Sunday I'll pack up, take off, stop in Riverton to pick up Dan, and be back in Ephraim in a lick. But it's not going to happen. I have no idea when the next time I'll be in Ephraim is. And I absolutely hate that feeling.
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