I was driving home from work this afternoon, pleasantly minding my own business, when this lovely little song by Gwen Stefani came on the radio.  It was "Bananas"; I'm sure you all know it.  So, driving along, this song comes on, and suddenly, it hits me like a bag of freaking bricks; in less than a week my best friend is leaving the country and will be gone until the new year.  Ack!!!  I knew she was leaving, but somehow the impact of this managed to escape me.  No more phone calls, no more texts, no more heart to hearts on the way to and from soccer, and worst of all, no more drunken escapades and stories to tell....  Holy wow.  Dougie, I must say this has suddenly thrown me for a loop in the past hour or so....