Five Sad Things

It feels a little bit strange to be writing about sad things, when I do not feel particularly sad.
But there are certain things about my life that are very, very sad right now.
So I thought I would share them. =)
And they're sad, but not depressing. It's just kind of this feeling of knowing that life is changing, and it's going to keep changing, and understanding that that's the way it's supposed to be, and yet kind of wishing that things didn't have to change.
Anyways... sad things (also known as evidence that nothing stays the same forever):

• Today I said goodbye to my cousin Jason. I don't know if I've ever hugged someone goodbye before and known that I wasn't going to see them for a long, long, long time. I mean, I had thought about Jason leaving before, but it was just sadder in the actual moment than in my head. Jason, you have played a huge role in our group of cousins, and it will not be the same without you!! 
• I realized that I only have 2.5 weeks of co-oping left to do. It feels like I just started! It feels like I have learned so much, but still have so much to learn! I don't think I'm ready to leave. Maybe I could just co-op for the rest of my life? No, I don't want to do that. But yeah... it really has been a learning experience.  I think I have become a better writer, and also learned a lot of things about people and holding conversations and asking questions and recording answers and mac computers. So yeah... I'll be sad when it's over, but I'm so grateful for the experience! 
• The school year is wrapping up....slowly but surely. All I have left to do is math. And a pig and cow eye dissection. lol. But this is my last year at Countryside with this particular group of friends. I cannot believe that 12 years of my life could just go by so quickly. What if the next 12 years go by just as quickly????? what if I am thirty before I know it?????? and what exactly is all going to happen in the next 12 years anyways??? I HAVE NO CLUE!!!!!!!!!!! it's so exciting! =) But I also feel a bit sad that this part of my life will be over, cause it was a pretty good part of life. 
• Math. Math is a sad thing. One minute, you're like "whoa. I understand this! It makes SO MUCH SENSE!!" and then the next minute, you see the words "Graphing Rational Functions" and BAM- it no longer makes sense. Maybe it is not math that is sad. Maybe it is my brain that is sad. 
• McDonalds no longer makes McMinis. I do not know what idiot decided to take McMinis off the menu, but it was not a wise decision. McMinis were... well, perfect. In every single way. There was no flaw. The bread, the chicken, the sauce (the McDonalds in New Hamburg always put the perfect amount of sauce on...)... The really sad thing is that I still get cravings for them. But now I know that I will never eat another mcmini again. This world is a cruel, harsh place. 

And that's it. 

Those are my five sad things.