it's about 15 minutes to 1:00 am and i am laying on the hotel sofa bed in quite a comfortable position. i'm super exhausted from the entire day of moving and running around. monkeys are so good at it. i can't believe i was pretty much up all night last night with comm, my notecards, and thomas doing real talk and studying. i chewed my first piece of gum after 12 years yesterday. that's not so much of an accomplishment to anyone, but it was a big deal to me. i just did it because i wanted to and i felt like it was with the right people (john and thomas). i technically got up for breakfast this morning at 7 am and dashed to the la building to get to my comm final at 8 am sharp. i finished within half an hour of the two hour given time and lingered around with some comm friends outside the building. then i walked back to the dorms and sat in the hallway with joe and contemplated about all things in life one last time. after, ferny came out, so he took me to target and i got travis a single red velvet cupcake with candles and candy goodies for his early birthday (actual day is 21st, which i will not be able to be there). i also picked up a plain white t's cd-the wonders of the younger album-for myself. it was on sale for only two dollars, and i was like shoot, i could use some good reflective tunes in my system.
not long, i went back to the dorm and cleaned some more, packed some more, and vacuumed in the quickest 10 minutes (there was this grocery-long-sign-up-list that i waited forever for, to check out the vacuum). i was sweating buckets carrying the big machine upstairs, downstairs, and what not, but i managed to get the whole room done, sparkly clean, and ready to be returned quite early. within the time frame before 1:30, i also got to sit in the dining hall for one last lunch with the last jigloons. one by one, we said our see ya laters as a group until there were only a few of us left. when it got to my turn for checkout, the last five minutes i sat in my empty room just thinking-thinking that it was just yesterday when gabbie and i moved in; it was just yesterday when it looked like how it looked like this afternoon at check-out time-empty and bare. it was all so surreal.
when it was my turn to leave, the last people to hold on to me tight were juan, caroline, and ferny-some of the people i've grown most attached to. i got teary and more attached right then and there. sentimental moments.
after, i went over to john's building and helped him move his belongings into his car. his dad took us back to his house in costa mesa, and i helped him move his baggages upstairs. when all things were done, we were off to the lab for our last dinner together at native foods. i ordered the bangkok curry bowl and he ordered some wrap. together, we mixed our drinks, from watermelon with native iced tea to lavender lemonade with watermelon to native iced tea with lavender lemonade etc etc etc . i usually just drink water, but some drinks are hard to pass up. after dinner, he ordered a carrot cupcake and i ordered the double chocolate cake. we shared and indulged in our sweet cravings like old times.
then urban had this massive 50% sale and it was just spectacular. i finally purchased this green jewelry rack that i've always wanted and got some simple strappy canvas shoes. he got this awesome holga camera for only five dollars! what a steal!
after a visit to buffalo exchange, we went to gypsy den where we played a very fun thinking board game, grabbed black coffee along with a rich and delicious slice of vegan chocolate caramel cake and vegan pirate chai cupcake, and enjoyed the simple company of each other one last time before i left.
yes, yes, we ordered four different kinds of vegan desserts in all, but hey, yolo, no? heh.
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