Leaving..
My last day.. Goodbye Thunder Bay, have fun without me
21.04.2007
12 °C
Went to sleep this morning at 4:30
11:00 - the phone rings and I think who is calling me at... 11!! its 11 already?!? wow..
I scramble to get the phone, stumble out of my single bed, over my dirty laundry, the computer chair and make it to phone just before the 3rd ring. On the other end is a stranger, someone I have never met, to take me back to Dryden. We agree on 3 to leave and I hang up the phone.
11:15 - I stumble out of my room, wearing clothes from the day before, and look over the sea of unorganized clutter, and in the middle sits my roomate. "I'm dying" I mutter. "Clearly" is her only response.
12:00 - By this time I have packed only one box. I look into Brie's room, and offer an excuse to procrastinate, "coffee?".. and to the university we go.
The sun is shining and my hangover is slightly improved. We stop at Tim Hortons (a Canadian tradition I'm sure I will miss) I order a drink and a cinnamon bun. We go to the international office for a final time, stop at a vending machine and I grab a bag of chips, and thats when I remember the thing I will miss the most, to the cafeteria we go and I purchase a final peice of pizza and an ice cream bar. On the way back to residence, just as I finish eating we spot Lindsay and I mention that I could go to Dairy Queen for a Blizzard.. will they have hangover food like this in China?? somehow I doubt it.
1:30 - the time passes so quickly, good thing I have packed a box.. sitting on the couch crochetting and the phone rings.. It's GEN!.. I heart Gen.. she comes over briefly and we say our good byes. I walk her back to her house and check out my room. I have no keys anymore. And I can't help the lyrics repeating in my mind
"I am a visitor here.. I have no permanent address"
2:30 - my room is finally sufficiently clean and I let everyone know how much they have done for me.. and the peice of them I will bring with me wherever I go (the stories, the lessons, the things I won't forget). My roomates give me a final group hug, I get in the van with all of my stuff and watch as my roomies wave goodbye.
Thanks for a wonderful 4 months. I will see you when I return, Amber's comeback tour 2008!! (ensure there is plently of tequilia, a bus, and have your pirate costume ready)
YAR!!
love you guys!!
Posted by amberlane 17:36 Archived in Canada Tagged preparation
