No ifs, ands, or buts – this week was a whirlwind. On Monday, packing was coming along nicely, Tuesday came and the pace quickened. By Wednesday, I wanted to slow the clock and today I just wanted to stop time completely. I did a monumental job of keeping the tears at bay all week long, but today has been a day of waterworks. Goodbyes are just so hard, and I’ll be back for frequent visits (quite soon, actually) so rather than goodbye, it’s really more like “see ya later”.

My last day at work was tough. I made some really good friends at work, I spent lots of time with them which made it especially hard to say goodbye. So I didn’t. I just said, “see ya later”.

Tonight was a fun family dinner (minus one, who had to work). The kids gave me a framed photo of all of them together. It’s beautiful. They’re beautiful. So hard to leave knowing I won’t be seeing them as often. I look at this photo and while my eyes fill with tears, my heart swells with pride. They are all amazing, smart, talented, loving (I could go on and on!). They’ll be fine. Truth be told I think I need them more than they need me.

Tomorrow we hit the road so it won’t be goodbye, just “see ya later”.