Zeit auf Wiedersehen sagen (Time to Say Good-Bye)

So once again I have failed miserably at keeping in touch with family and friends and keeping people up-to-date with my life abroad. After nearly a year in Germany, I have come to the conclusion that Blogging on a daily or weekly basis is just not my thing...at least not at this point in time. Plus, with recent computer problems along with exams and finals presentations stretching from the last few weeks in June until the very end of July, I have been online very seldom the past three months or so. Now my year in Germany is nearing its end and many Good-Byes have been said. I will depart quietly from this wonderful experience shortly, but it will never leave me nor will the wonderful people who have blessed my life and the amazing memories we made. After about "one hour" on a eight-and-a-half-hour flight I will say "Hello" to my homeland and begin my final year of my undergraduate education. Right now, I am unsure which seems more bizarre...how quickly the year has passed or how quickly this next year is going to fly!