After he passed the bar, my friend Kevin left to become a personal injury attorney in New York.  I haven’t seen him in two years.  My other friend Mike, whom we call Meehow (it’s Polish for “Michael” and he’s Polish), got engaged a few years back and recently moved into a place out in the suburbs with his fiancée.  I haven’t seen him in a year now since he never goes out and rarely comes into the city anymore.  One of my best friends Nick got his girlfriend pregnant and had to get a different job and now he’s working all the time to get things ready for when his child is born.  I understand that everyone grows up and people’s lives change and friends drift apart, but I still feel bad.  I miss those guys.  We had a lot of good time together and I could always talk to them if I needed to.  Sure, I could just call them up on the phone, but it’s not really the same.  And, of course, they aren’t calling me on the phone either.  Maybe they’re too busy.  I don’t know.  I get busy at times too, but I could still find the time to call if I really wanted to.  I do have other friends and some of them are my close friends as well.  But I didn’t grow up with them like I did these other guys.  It’s just not the same.