The Countdown Has Started.
Less than two weeks before the point of no return and I am finally starting to feel something. Not sure if it was the last day of my job, or moving my bed and furniture out of my room, or sending an invite to a going away party, but I think it has finally set in that I really am leaving.
It’s certainly not forever that I’ll be gone, but with no return flight and no plans to return until my money runs out, who can say how long this goodbye will last for.
This goodbye may have to turn into a see you soon because saying goodbye to Raleigh would probably be the hardest thing I have ever done. I have created such a loving community for myself here in the past five years. But I’m not doing that until the last moment possible, I’m seeing all my friends as much as I can and spending as much time in normality as possible.
Normality is a strong word though, because I found myself doing very out of character things for the past week. I dyed my whole head pink in a spur of the moment decision because it was far easier than thinking about how I need to pack up my room and move out.
I am obsessed with my pink hair, it will be coming back so do not stress.
I also fled Raleigh, during what I now realize would have been my last weekend in Raleigh, to go to Wilmington for my best friend Marissa (gissa)’s art show! After driving in serious torrential rain, we bared the heat and humidity to support Marissa. I felt somewhat responsible for the success of the show as ten minutes before it started I was promoted to DJ. I am so proud of my gis, she has worked so hard for so long to get where she is. The art show was amazing gissa if you’re reading this, my parents thought so too!
The next day, still in Wilmington, I had SUCH a good day. I convinced my friends to watch Twilight, a recent yet strong obsession. We played the official twilight drinking game which is objectively barbaric. Somehow two cases of beer were finished during the two hour movie. I beg you to look up the rules because if you’ve seen twilight you’ll see that there is no way not to get wasted playing the game. I felt the aftermaths of the game later that night and the following morning.
Sadly on Sunday morning I had to say goodbye to my two best friends for who even knows how long. But it makes me happy that we had such an amazing weekend together and a ridiculous amount of obscure inside jokes to keep us going for a while.
I said another goodbye that same day to my coworkers from my first ever big girl job. We went to a kombucha bar, which was ideal considering how much alcohol I consumed during the weekend. I caught up on all the work drama and we killed at Trivia (im pretty sure we got last place).
Thank you to all my friends for an amazing extended send off, it feels good to be loved and to love you all. Thank you also for reading my silly little blog and giving me the space to reflect on and share my thoughts and feelings.