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[moominmolly]

Coworkers seem to be surprised that I'm actually leaving. That makes me feel good. We're all going out to dinner in Leiden tonight, which ought to prove to be fun. They gave me a coffee-table book as a sort of Lovely Parting Gift. It's clear that if I ever wanted to move here, I'd be welcome. And, you know, I do like it here. I'd consider it, in the future.

That said, I'm really excited about coming home. (*click*)

We'll go out Saturday night, carouse, be loopy, and stay out too late. I will almost certainly make a fool of myself in some way. There will be an embarrassing but endearing picture taken. Sunday, bleary, I will drag my butt to the airport and sleep on the whole plane ride home despite having intended to get some writing done. I will forget to buy a bottle of genever at the duty-free shop. Customs will frisk me because I look drunk. I will bless the travel gods that got me a direct flight, and when I land, small hearts will pop over my head.

I will spend a week just seeing friends and distributing tiny pleasant objects. People will skate with me. We will brunch.

I will not eat one more fried kroket thingy.

I will avoid mayonnaise. Fucking mayonnaise!

My workload will go down by 35 - 40%: I won't need to stay in the office until 10 or 11, but I won't want to either, and so I'll find a depressing symmetry in that. At work, everyone will want to ask about getting stoned, but only pagan redneck JD will do so. I'll miss having a boss like Mads, I'll miss the coffee, I'll miss the sane pace of life, but right now I miss my people and my home and my kitty and hills and Thai food. That wins. People win.

Comments

[srd.livejournal.com]

The classic laughing eye and crying eye symptoms :)

Fucking mayonnaise!
Gee, you seem to have a lot of fetishes. I can only recommend fucking yoghurt. Less fat, doesn't dissolve condoms.

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

The classic laughing eye and crying eye symptoms :)

Oh, it's more like laughing eye and frowning eye. Going home really does win. :)

[srd.livejournal.com]

In that case you haven't been here long enough :)

[dilletante.livejournal.com]

no no, really, it's plenty. :)

[chaiya.livejournal.com]

People win! Yay!

And we took pictures of the apartment before we touched anything, so you still have some basis of comparison. Looking forward to showing off for you guys. :) And hey, if you ever buy a house that needs cosmetic work ... well, offer us something really good to fix it up for you. We apparently do anything except roofing. *grin*

[alanj]

Yay, we get a Molly back. :) *bounce*

[rednikki.livejournal.com]

and as one of those people, might I say that we're happy about winning?

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

And I'll have you know, I had to look cute Swedish Anna in the face today after she asked Mads, "ohhhh, Mads, can we keep her?" and say no. My willpower is strong!

travel safe!

[tcb.livejournal.com]

by my figuring,you're on, or just about to get on, your flight home.. travel safe!