Late
I realize I haven't updated in a while (since Thursday) but I feel it has been justified what with all the busy-ness and my lack of access to internet on my computer.
Also, I realize that updating out of order is a faux pas in the small, small world of my Live Journal. Whatever. I'll get Friday up soon enough. I'm sure that nobody will be holding their breath.
Yesterday (Saturday) was bittersweet, as most leaving days are for me. I've found that once I've been somewhere long enough to grow even a little attached to the places and people, no matter how much I want to go home, it's hard to leave. That's the way things go, I guess.
I said goodbye to everyone (as will be seen in a forthcoming update), ie Holly, Shauna, Caroline, Patrick, Niko, Bev, Brian, Robyn, Cappy (the dog), and not Victoria, the very corpulent Maloney cat. Then I arranged for a ride to the airport.
The day, as I said above, was generally sad, perhaps moreso than happy. At the airport I was sort of melancholy and mostly lonely. I was leaving a group of people I had just grown comfortable with and attached to and was about to go to a place I had finally again grown accustomed to being away from. A classic conundrum.
I was also afraid (hopeful?) that then Tropical Depression Charley was going to delay/cancel my flight, forcing a brief appendix to my trip. Sadly (happily) it did not and I made it to San Francisco without issue.
My luggage, on the other hand...
I was very glad to see Nina on the baggage carousel when I arrived in SF, though. Similarly, I was happy to see my mom when she met me at the curb outside. Finally, I was glad to see a bed when we pulled in to my cousins' house in Alameda at 2:00 am PST.
Today, Mom, Nina and I went to visit my grandmother, Jerrie, with whom we had a very nice visit and a pleasant walk around the bay. The crepes at lunch, by the way, were incredible.
Got to a movie (Garden State) with Ben and Sam, my cousins. It was very good and I would reccommend it (if only to see Natalie Portman, who has long held my heart in escrow with no sign of closing).
Look for upcoming updates for more thoughtful, indepth insight.
Also, I realize that updating out of order is a faux pas in the small, small world of my Live Journal. Whatever. I'll get Friday up soon enough. I'm sure that nobody will be holding their breath.
Yesterday (Saturday) was bittersweet, as most leaving days are for me. I've found that once I've been somewhere long enough to grow even a little attached to the places and people, no matter how much I want to go home, it's hard to leave. That's the way things go, I guess.
I said goodbye to everyone (as will be seen in a forthcoming update), ie Holly, Shauna, Caroline, Patrick, Niko, Bev, Brian, Robyn, Cappy (the dog), and not Victoria, the very corpulent Maloney cat. Then I arranged for a ride to the airport.
The day, as I said above, was generally sad, perhaps moreso than happy. At the airport I was sort of melancholy and mostly lonely. I was leaving a group of people I had just grown comfortable with and attached to and was about to go to a place I had finally again grown accustomed to being away from. A classic conundrum.
I was also afraid (hopeful?) that then Tropical Depression Charley was going to delay/cancel my flight, forcing a brief appendix to my trip. Sadly (happily) it did not and I made it to San Francisco without issue.
My luggage, on the other hand...
I was very glad to see Nina on the baggage carousel when I arrived in SF, though. Similarly, I was happy to see my mom when she met me at the curb outside. Finally, I was glad to see a bed when we pulled in to my cousins' house in Alameda at 2:00 am PST.
Today, Mom, Nina and I went to visit my grandmother, Jerrie, with whom we had a very nice visit and a pleasant walk around the bay. The crepes at lunch, by the way, were incredible.
Got to a movie (Garden State) with Ben and Sam, my cousins. It was very good and I would reccommend it (if only to see Natalie Portman, who has long held my heart in escrow with no sign of closing).
Look for upcoming updates for more thoughtful, indepth insight.