Some things i've realized this past week without my parents:

• Doubts that God exists are really proof that God exists. If we didn't have our doubts, we wouldn't have our wisdom. If everything was great all the damn time, we'd forget about it. Even though, in philosophy class, we shot down the idea that bad things happen so we know what good is, but I still believe in this. The doubts point out our faith. You can't have faith without doubts. Believe it.
  
• I'm not meant to ever, ever, ever live alone. I need people around me. At least one.
  
• Dogs aren't meant to be owned by insomniacs. They don't sleep until their owner sleeps. And I don't sleep. Hence, I probably shouldn't have dogs.