One week to go

Well, more goodbyes have been said - time is ticking, it's only 7 more days until I hop on a plane back to the UK.

Last night's choir rehearsal was was very cute in the beginning when Diane started the warm up and was wearing this t-shirt that said "Life is goog!" (which is hilarious to me because one of the voice exercises we do is sing C-E-G-C up and down and then as scales on the word GOOG and the t-shirt stand for exactly that! LOL). I managed to tape everyone doing this exercise but stupidly taped over it today. I headed over to Burlington Mall in the afternoon and had a t-shirt made just like hers. It rocks!
Anyway, throughout the evening people came over and told me how they'd miss me and how nice it was to have me in the choir. After rehearsal some of us went to the 99 restaurant and just had some food and drinks and chatted away at my farewell "party". It was really sweet - I mean, I only joined the choir a year ago. I felt so special that all these people made the effort to come out and wish me good luck. I got a signed menu card at the end, where everyone that was present at the restaurant wrote a few words - I will treasure it forever! (and yes, I chose to not read it while everyone was around because, yes, of course, I started blubbering like an idiot and couldn't stop until I got home).
The good thing is I have two more concerts left with them so the real heartbreaking part will come Sunday when I REALLY say goodbye to everyone. Heaven help me.

Today I said goodbye to another set of people - a bunch of girls I worked with and used to go out with for lunch sometimes (and one guy but he really is one of the girls cause he's way too nice to be a guy!!!). We did lunch for the last time today and it was somewhat bittersweet. I can't say I feel the same pain over people at work as I do with the choir (beats me why! I spent way more time with the work guys after all!). In a way I think it doesn't hurt so much cause I know I will see them all again very soon. When I left the UK, I was certain I wouldn't ever be back.

And then tonight I met up with my cake decorating teacher (she's in her late twenties so don't got picturing an old biddy) and some other girls I met in class and we went to the Outback and had food and talked and laughed and I had my very last "Chocolate thunder from down under" desert. Heaven on earth, honestly! It was hard to say goodbye to them too even though again, I've not exactly spent hours on end with them but we've managed to establish such an easy rapport in the short time we've known eachother. Again, I fully expect to be back soon so it will probably be like we've never been apart.

I've got lunches/dinners planned for the rest of my stay here so it should keep me busy. In the meantime I made the mistake of walking into a Borders bookstore today and walking out with two new books. As if my suitcases weren't already bursting! To be fair though, I wanted to buy four books so ending up with two is still something to be proud of.
I am dreading Saturday though - Nashua library has another one of their AWESOME book sales and I am SO going to be there! I don't care HOW heavy that makes my suitcase! LOL If I see something I want, I will buy it!

Alrighty... time to go to bed. More in the days to come :-)