Even though this song has various meanings and interpretations, and many of them, for lack of a better term, are “sad”, this song was definitely played in the soundtrack of my summer in 2013.

Specifically, the lyrics above were analogous to how I wanted to close the Orlando chapter in my life- to put forth all of my energy, every fiber in my being, to having an amazing time and leaving on a high note.

I made a bucket list of the top things I wanted to enjoy at least one last time in Orlando, Florida.

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(1)    Picnic at the UCF Reflection Pond

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(2)    Lee & Ricks Oyster Bar

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(3)    Seito Sushi.  Pretty sure I went about a dozen times in the last three months.

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(4)    Quality Mom Time with Dex at Fleet Peeple’s Dog Park

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(5)    Drinks on the beach

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(6)    Girls Nights

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(7)    Sky 60 / Eye Spy

Done!

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(8)    UCF Tailgate – Not a Saturday Knight tailgate, but still fun!

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(9)    UCF Game – vs Akron

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(10) Drive without any bumper-to-bumper traffic.  Ahh, heaven.

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(11) Drive to visit my sister and parents  <3

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(12) My parents surprising me with visits.  This includes my dad’s last visit to help me move 😀

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(13) Picklebacks (Dirty Finns) & (14) Cheap drinks. 

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(15) Anything and everything Publix. Accomplished!

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(16) Drink around the world at Epcot

(17) Sunday Funday in one spot in town. Accomplished 🙂

(18) Little Saigon. Goodbye, Lac Viet. You were one of my faves.

(19) Quality Time with my friends  

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And the best going away party ever…in Atlanta 😉

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I am absolutely blessed to have all of these opportunities.   Although I didn’t get to see and do every single thing on my list (missed out on two things), I’m happy I made such an aggressive list because now I have zero regrets.  So as I close one chapter…

… I begin another.

A part of me will always remain in Orlando, but cheers to what the future holds!