A better sendoff could not have been had...

Ok, I don't know if it was apparant from previous posts, but in order to keep flights cheep and finagle some time in LA too, I flew into LA yesterday and am flying out of LAX to Japan tomorrow. 

What does this mean?  This means that my goodbyes to the good old US of A have extended from yesterday through tomorrow morning.  Really makes me feel like I'm officially leaving.

( saying goodbye properly - impossible )

( and then there's maija )

( of course, today, we ... were goofy and giddy )

( When on the west coast... see the ocean )

( mmmm...chicken wrapped in bacon )

( el Coach )

Part of me wishes I had longer to stay here.  The other part of me knows that if I did that I wouldn't want to leave.  And this is the transition point, the movement between my Austin world and my soon to be Japanese world, and I couldn't have asked for better.  How good is it to know that, even though you don't want to leave them behind, there is a fantastic man at home that I adore, and all of these wonderful people here too that I love so much, just willing to gather around and say goodbye in this most fantastic of ways?

So, until tomorrow, when I'm waiting in the international terminal to hop on my interminable flight... goodnight.