"You find out who your Friends are..." "...So Live your life"

From the Dictionary;
"Friend: Someone you know, like, and trust" {and a whole lot more if you ask me}

I'm not a very "friendly" person. Indeed the number of *Really* good friends I've made within my lifetime could easily be counted on one hand. Part of the reson for that is perhaps that I've tended towards being an introvert for most of my life, although I'm not so bad anymore, and can be comfortable around people I like very soon after meeting them. It also probably hasn't helped that I can be *very* mean (In my own subtle way, of course) to people that annoy me, and there seems to be an awful lot of them. Lastly, I am, admitedly, a very hard person to understand (Half the time I dont even understand myself, and I remain convinced that no one else does either) Of course, It's not entirely my fault, It certainly hasn't helped by having my life chopped up with living internationaly for two years, or having parents who dont really like "Youth groups".

...Nontheless, before leaving Savannah, I thought I actually had a small handfull of Friends, mostly from the homeschool co-op. I was mistaken. It's been just Four months since we moved, and I've seen that as far as my "Friends" are concerned, I might as well just have dropped off the face of the earth. I now have just one real friend, a very good one at that, left (At least in the SAV, and that I am aware of). It's a really deppressing thought.

...However, being here, now, is a good thing. It's sort of a fresh start, and I plan to make the most of it. There is simply no time for messing around. I plan to "Live my Life", no matter how depressing or dull it seems.

So here's to a fresh start, and new Friends, in Alabama!

- Peter : )