The wheels on the bus

go wee, wee, wee.

Well actually, the wheels on the bus don't go wee, wee, wee but that's the animated sound effect of how I sounded when wl left today. After lunch it was kind of like a rush, we almost didn't make the bus. Due to the rush bidding farewell wasn't that bad...well as bad as I feared. No tears at the bus station. It's okay, we'll see each other soon right? Right.

I was talking to rs earlier this evening briefly. I haven't spoke to him for a long time actually and he said... " that is why I try not to make my blog my online diary." It's not really a diary for me..I write about whatever, but it's usually inspired by daily events. So for this post I am going to talk about the different ways people cope with saying goodbye. (more specifically, how parents cope with bidding farewell to their children as they go off to university.)

So the first way is as mentioned before...trying to avoid it-ish. They try to kind of pretend it's not happening...delay things like packing or discussing the departure. The next way is stressing out about it (aka my mom's approach). She's been frantically nagging me about packing and not procrastinating and etc... and at first I thought it was kind of annoying that she was more stressed and concerned than myself.. I knew I had everything under control.. but then I realized that since my family isn't really the love expressing type this is just her way of showing she cares and loves me. She probably would never go out and plainly say I'll miss you. On the other hand, there are the parents that will keep reminding you that they will miss you and don't want you to go. That's the worst guilt trip, to know you're making other people (especially your parents) worry. In earlier stages of this third type of parents they would have likely tried to bribe you to stay close to home. The fourth way is to have the parent do everything for you, attend to all the travel details and pack everything down to your own underwear. The fifth type that I'm going to touch upon is the tough lovers. These parents might even say straight out that they want you to leave. There might have been tension and you feel like you can't get out of their house faster, but when the morning comes that you have to leave it'll still jab a little to part with your moms and dads. And no matter what type of parents you have, and whichever approach they seem to be taking towards your departure if you are a student going away for school, just remember that they love you.. and that they'll miss you whether they know how to express it properly or not. It's a tender time for both sides. Trust, I bet we'll all be homesick at one point or another.