The last week or two has found me saying goodbye to quite a few people I’ve met in DFW in the past 5+ years I’ve been here. It’s sad if I think about it too much (in some cases I’ve thought about it A LOT), but I’m really looking forward to spending time with my parents and the cats.

I’ve been having quite a lot of fun engaging in celebratory drinking with everyone up to this point. Last Friday I went out for drinks with a few coworkers on my last day and it was a bit bittersweet as I hadn’t been there for very long and hadn’t gotten to know certain people as well as I might have otherwise. The same goes for my Japanese-English Exchange Meetup, all of whom I met Saturday for the group, ultra southern food (Babe’s FTW), and then ye ol’ drinking party! It was a lot of fun and soo many people came and enjoyed themselves, which made me very happy. And then there was sleepy karaoke for an hour or so (for me at least) but it was still fun. Anywho, my meetup acquaintances all signed a card wishing me well with my Japanese life. It was very cute and a lot of nice things were said. :) I’m going to miss everyone a lot!