We are in the same hotel that we stayed in when we showed the house. We checked in last night.
The house is sold and as of today we have a pretty tidy sum in our checking account. Tomorrow is my last day at work and we will be on the road (according to Rob) by five Saturday morning.
Last night I met with my girls for one more night together.
I wish I could say I had pictures but we forgot the camera and the pics I tried to take with my camera phone came out too dark. We all met at Claim Jumpers. Dre, Robert, DD, Alan, Caryn, me and Rob...and of course Madison. Kat was supposed to come but couldn't make it at the last minute.
It was a really good time. We ordered the monster appetizer plate and then all got what we wanted. This was my first time eating there and I couldn't believe the portion sizes!! Rob scooted down the table when DD got there so us girls could all sit together. It was really nice and just perfect for our goodbyes. We had a lot of laughs and talked for a long time but it eventually had to come to an end.
We all ventured out front to smoke and prolong the inevitable just a little while. Dre was the first to leave as it was way past Madi's bedtime and she was letting everyone know that fact loud and clear!
Down to just DD, Caryn and I DD and dissolved into tears and hugged a lot. Lots of hugs between the three of us and we had to go. I cried so hard on the way back to the hotel. It wasn't supposed to work this way. I wasn't supposed to find the best friends of my life out here only to have to leave them. I wasn't this upset leaving the friends that I had grown up with when I moved from Maine! How do you say goodbye to the people that have touched your life in a way you didn't realize was possible?
Oh it is so hard.
The whole ride home Rob kept saying: "I know you are crying but I know that you feel better because of this." And he is right. If I hadn't gotten to have that good night of fun and food among my sisters I don't know what I would have done. The only blemish on the night was the absence of Kat but I know her reasons for not coming and I understand completely. She and Misako will just have to come out and visit me in Cali. :-D
So there I go trying to be all deep and crap but I really never expected to find my soul mate friends when I moved out here. I only knew Rob really didn't expect to bond with anyone. I had given up faith on unconditional friendships a long time ago with fair weather friends I had in Maine. It took me a long time to let my guard down and really be the stupid silly ubergeek that I am and when I did I was accepted with open arms and show the silly ubergeek side of each of them. We just kind of fit together.
Okay...enough of that shit. Suffice it to say that I will miss them but I know without a doubt that we will stay in contact and I will see them again. I need them in my life as much as I hope they need me and I will not let that go without a fight! :-D
So Saturday starts our new lives. Our furniture will be a little behind our new lives apparently. We were told that our things may not arrive until the 3rd. Oh well...I guess all this time I've been calling it a cabin...I'll know how roughing it in the cabin feels like!
All of this being said, I think it is time to close this journal to regular posting. I mentioned I might do this before and now I think I will follow through. I will continue to journal but it is time to start anew and keep a different journal. I've loved it here at diaryland and have kept various journals throughout my stay here in Arizona but with the close of this chapter in my life and the start of a new one I think it's time to do the same with my journal. I will probably keep this journal active only by quizzes and memes if I do at all...
I am not exactly keeping my new journal secret but I'm not publicizing it here so if you would like to know the address of it drop me a line at [email protected] and I will let you know.
I am not closing out my friends list as I will continue to read all my favorites.
Wish me luck in California!!
Love ya!
Kel
8:15 p.m. - 2005-07-28
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