leaving

[drydem]

So, in 40 minutes, I check out of my final Bloomington apartment.
I leave this place after 7 years, 2 months and 27 days.
I came to this place unknowingly riding a retrospective prophecy, laboring under a potential metaphysical death threat and knowing absolutely nobody in town.
I leave a community, a group of people that are in some ways more than friends. I leave a home.
For adventure.
We are Chicago bound, damaskrose9 and I. Living in Pilsen, She will be schooling in Hyde Park, I'll be teaching on Goose Island.
All in all, I'll miss this place, these people. But I've run out of Bloomington lessons. I won't learn more by being here, and to continue for me would be a Woodersonian existence, trying to relive past glory, not creating new glory.
I meander through life in such a way that I tend to be bad at goodbyes. It's mostly that I believe in seeing people again so vehemently that I never really entertain the possibility of not.

And so, adieu.

Comments

[solestria.livejournal.com]

Happy travels!

(Also, you've got some HTML errors.)

[squishymeister.livejournal.com]

I'll miss you guys bunches! But Chicago isn't that far...I'll be sure to visit!

[kniedzw.livejournal.com]

I have but this to say: Happy trails.

[danielmc.livejournal.com]

::waves::

expect me when you see me.

[sapphohestia.livejournal.com]

Travel safely! Best wishes for your new beginnings in Chicago! *hugs*

[drake-rocket.livejournal.com]

Good luck in your future journeys. May your food be well flavored, may your women brilliant and may your enemies fall at your feet.

We were never particularly close, but I very much enjoyed our conversations, running for you, playing your games and bumping into you in town. You were one of the defining members of this community for me and you will be sorely missed.

[songquake.livejournal.com]

welcome home! we'll all need to have a grand party of some sort when everyone's in town and you're all settled in (kuribeh and k are on vacation now, and i'll be on vacation soon; we need to drag fallen_scholar out of where ever he is, as well...).

[gollumgollum.livejournal.com]

My great-great-grandma always said "Never say goodbye, always say see you later." It's something i've always believed as well. I'm very bummed i didn't get to see more of you and the very lovely damaskrose9 this summer, but i'm very excited that you two are moving on to bigger and better things. Good luck in your travels and in Chicago, and i hope to see you both soon.

[akashiver.livejournal.com]

Have a safe journey to Chicago. I'm sorry I didn't get to see you before you left, but I trust we'll bump into each other again soon.

Good luck in the new apt, and keep us posted about your exploits in the windy City!