Day Seventy

Well its my last morning here on the rock. I am writing this at 6:45 in the morning because I could not sleep.

Last night was, well the word amazing doesn't really even begin to describe it but its the only word I can really think of at the moment. It started out at the fire pit. We all got candles and passed around the flame and then walked up to the grassy hill next to my housing. We then listened to the second years talk about what Flat Rock has meant to them, to us. We then watched a really cool fire show. Then it was up to the paint deck. The acts at Chet were not like the ones at normal midnight studios. They had a lot more meaning to them. Most of them where about saying goodbye. Maze sang a song all about flat rock, just turn left on little river road. Chris sang a song he wrote, he called it his goodbye song. Jesse did a great monologue, Scarecrow I will miss you most of all. Brenna, Austin,and Bently all sang songs. John did a dance. Cindy, Tressa,Ryan and I sat linking arms pretty much the whole night. At the very end the came around with rollers and painted everyones hands, then we left our hand prints on the deck. We then proceeded to smear it on each other. Then it was time for goodbyes. Most people didn't know that I was leaving today. It made it that much harder to say goodbye.

The second years said something last night that rings very true to me. We found family,friends, love, and happiness up here. But most unexpectingly we found ourselves. I am going to miss it here so much. But in an hour I will say goodbye to my roommates for the last time. Get in my car and drive off lot. Its hard not to look back, to want to do it all over. But I know that the magic would be gone. My time here has run its course and I have gotten more out of it then I could have ever hoped to. And now its time for a new start.