You and me both. in this super-rural place I live I've got 3 close mates, 1 went off to study at some restaurant (he's doing some food course or something), another has jetted off to Turkey and the last has joined up with a boy-racer and we don't see him anymore. Infact he's become a massive arse.
oh and of course my whole family go off for holiday to Poland for a month. parents, siblings, cousins, grandparents. all gone. really is just me left here looking after the dog! but it's great for peace n quiet. if my girlfriend didn't come over then I'd probably go crazy through loneliness!