We've been dark for the last two weeks and it has been ultra productive. Which I'm grateful for because it's my last one and I want to leave my projects here in good shape. I finished my big project - which is what I set out to do. My secondary project is in good shape. I feel comfortable leaving it like this, just some paper work left to tie up loose ends. (!)
My birthday was yesterday. I worked an 830 to 630 day. Got a surprise day off, so that was SUPER NICE! We went for a couple coronas after work and then we ended up celebrating in true casino town fashion by eating twice our body weight in food and dessert at a buffet! WINNING. Maybe I should go to Vegas for next year's birthday so that I don't feel too much like a fish out of water. Also, the weather turned pleasantly cool, so it isn't unbearable to be outside anymore which was maybe the best present besides the surprise day off!
My old college roommate Kathleen is going to come visit tomorrow, which is exciting and she'll be here for a week to hang out and experience the joys of Macau.
Then I go to Chiang Mai to visit her for a weekend next week.
One week of work, then a two week scuba diving trip to Raja Ampat.
One week of work and a flight home.
It seems so final. I have shipped two boxes of my life and gotten rid of one huge bag of clothing. Now that the dark is over, I can get rid of so much more.
I got nostalgic in the shower today and maybe cried a little. I'm scared to death to move home. To leave my friends, my home, my pet, my job. I love my coworkers, I love working with people who are so different. I love how broad the world is and how much diversity I have learned to embrace.
I am going to miss Macau more than I realized. I do want to find a home and put down roots, but Macau wasn't it.
Good thing I'm going to be busy when I get home!
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