Voldemort Takes London

The plane doesn't leave the runway until 4:00 PM on Monday September 17th for me. I will be the last to go of my group. May we all get their safely and may we hit the ground running! I will start my first day in London at 7 AM. Get on a train to Sidcup from Gatwick and post up shop in my flat with Josh Real and JUB and Cecil, who I am so excited to meet...he's from Zimbabwe. It's going to be exciting I'm sure, but I am leaving some great people for a long time, and I can only hope that with us being apart that our year goes smoothly and is exciting. When I get back, my mother will have five months left with my brother and myself living in the house with her. She will finally have the house to herself, but I wonder if that is truly what she wants. I feel guilty leaving her all the time. Ever since college began, I really only had one summer that I actually stayed at the house, and that wasn't really much because I was busy working at that pathetic Theme Park Industry Six Flags. I'll definitely miss my mother, but I'm glad that she has been supportive of me. My father who is nowhere to be found, who the last time I even saw was diagnosed with lung cancer, probably doesn't even know that I am leaving the country. I talked with his mother, basically my grandmother on his side and told her all about my upcoming adventures and that I will send her letters and postcards. Man, I am going to have like four or five penpals alone. It will add to my busy schedule I am sure, which is good, keep me from thinking about "home" all the time. Then of course there is Cathy...I'm sure by now it doesn't need to be said but I love her, and next to my mother and brother, I will miss her the most. Well Fosse too, but that's different, he'll be glad to be the only man in Cathy's "life" I am sure. He cuddles up to her way too much for an animal...Anyways, I really hope that she finds some peace and grows this year. She has had to deal with some tragic things, and it seems "lost" is a word that can be tied to them. But she's not losing me, I'll always be around, and I hope she knows that. One way or another, she is the one thing that keeps Thomas Brazzle here in America...basically a part of me lives with her. Thanks everyone for the great times at SFA. The next time I will post will be when I am sitting on the otherside of the world, drinking my first cup of English Tea. God Speed!

-Thomas "Riddle"