The week went by so quickly that I didn’t have a minute to think about anything else but work. It saved me from overthinking about my problems. Today is my last evening at home, alone with my boxes. Tomorrow Matt and Gina will come and help m move into my new life. I’m gonna miss this place. But I realized I need this renewal in my life. Reviewing my life, evoking emotions, mourning my previous life, it’s like a decompression chamber for me, a necessary step. Tonight, I’m saying goodbye to my single life, much like before a wedding. It’s not sad, since I’m doing it to be with Austin, but there’s still a part of me that’s anxious. Gina must have felt my melancholy telepathically because she’s calling me on the phone! “Perfect timing, Gina, as usual…” “I thought it must be a

