I have been finding that as I get closer to graduation more and more frequently people that I have lost contact with over the years for one reason or another seem to be falling out of the woodwork in order to track me down  and attempt to reenter my life.

On one level it is fascinating to hear about these people's accomplishments and their trials. But on another level I am concerned that by allowing these people back into my life I will be sucked back into ways of operating that I have been trying to eliminate in my life over the intervening years since I last was in contact with these people, chief amongst these issues is the fact that for a large majority of these people I was the one "footing the bill" every time we went out and did something.

Oh well time will tell I guess if I am making the right decisions in this weird situation.