As anyone reading would know, I'm leaving for Varsity this week. So the majority of this week was spent saying goodbye to friends and classmates (note the distinction). It was real sad but sweet. Like, at church, they made me get up on stage and they prayed for me and stuff. I had to sing a certain Jars of Clay song for them (hmmmm...I wonder which one - God will lift up your head from their album Redemption songs for anyone who hasn't been to the Baptist church this year).
But not everyone shared the sentiment. Straight after church, as I'm giving teary hugs to people, my friend Doug Coltart comes and this is the conversation that pursued:

Doug: Hey Kofi, I'm going man...

Kofi: Oh ok. In that case, (brings him close to give a hug to which he responds with a bewildered look) Take care of yourself hey. All the best for the rest of the year and I'll see you sometime...

Doug: Oh...are you going somewhere?

Ouch! Nice to know that I was a person of real value to some people...