Okay, so I knew the day would come when I’d have to say goodbye to Will, but I didn’t think it would happen so suddenly. Sunday night I was talking to him online and he casually announced that he was going for a job interview in Seattle this week and was just going to move there. o_O And also that he was taking Peter with him. I began panicking, thinking that they were leaving and I didn’t even have a chance to say goodbye! As luck would have it, Will had to work on Monday night and he was leaving on Tuesday, so I thought for sure there would be no time to bid them farewell, but I was determined to make sure I could do that. So Monday night after work I drove up to Green Bay and spent time with Will, Ben, and Hiroko. Eventually Jon and Brian showed up and Will went into work, despite being really ill. The five of us met up with Will at his workplace and we all went out for dinner at some steak place that had menus set in Comic Sans. Yuck. The food was good though (I had a smoked turkey sandwich and mashed potatoes.) After that Will went back to work, so we went back to the house and played video games. After awhile Will came back, saying he’d felt too sick to stay at work. Then Peter came over and played this original NES game called “Bad Dudes” which was ridiculously stupid. After a bit Ben went to bed and Jon and Brian left with Hiroko, so it was just me, Will, and Peter. It was really nice being able to spend that time with them, even though we didn’t do much. I decided to leave at midnight because I had work the next morning, and as I was leaving, Hiroko came back. I shared a hug with each of them and then drove home. Surprisingly I didn’t cry at all like I had the night before. Maybe it was because I was so tired, or because I knew I’d see them again relatively soon (Peter is coming back in about 2 weeks and Will is returning home at some point to tie up loose ends and collect Roko and her things.) It was very difficult staying awake on the drive home.

So yeah, that was the biggest thing as of late. I found myself really distraught over the thought of losing Will. It was even worse when I thought Peter was staying with him in Seattle (since we’d planned on living together in Portland!) but I felt a bit better when I found out Peter was just along for company. Will is such an important person in my life and has become one of my best friends. It’s going to be really difficult not being able to see him, but at least we still have the internet. sigh

So…the rest of the weekend. Well…Friday night I hung out with Jon and Brian as usual. We played some video games, then Brian disappeared never to be seen again that night. Jon and I went shopping for food, then he was like “Wanna go rollerblading?” How could I resist? So we skated around all of the newly paved streets in the neighborhood for about a half hour or so, until Jon got a little tired. It was awesome though, he could keep up with me! :-D

Saturday Jeff and Erin had a party at their place in Green Bay so we all went to that. Brian brought his girlfriend Martha along, which turned out to be okay because she knew some people there. I was a bit concerned the people would scare her off, but she held up really well. Yay! Much DDR was played…I wore a long shirt and shorts and the guys enjoyed pretending I wasn’t wearing any shorts…haha. I spent several hours playing several of the guys in Tetris and I ended up with this hideous headache as a result. It remained for the rest of the night despite my attempt at a nap at one point. Oh well. I had fun.

Sunday I went rollerblading with Alisha in the park. It was just gorgeous out, the sun was shining and it was fairly calm. Some Hispanic guys in the park kept checking us out and yelling things to us in Spanish, which of course we couldn’t understand. After our 10 laps, I came home and washed my car while Alisha mowed the lawn, then we went out to Nakashima for sushi. I had a LOT, but it was delicious. The headache that I’d had from Tetris the day before faded into nothingness as I was introduced to a new level of pain when I started to show signs of sunburn. As the night progressed it got worse and worse, as my “sunburn headaches” tend to do. And then I found out about Will, and it was just too much to handle. Tears. Oh yeah, and I also made a long, deep gouge in my ankle when I cut myself shaving. I’d just put a new blade in my razor and forgot about it, and I took a swipe and suddenly I sucked in my breath quickly as the stinging pain hit me. The blood gushed out of the wound, and when I looked at the razor, there was this huge piece of skin hanging off it. EEWWWWWW! It still hurts like a mofo, but at least it’s stopped bleeding.

sigh

And my days continue to be filled with much longing and pining for Ross. I am so excited for my trip to Australia, it’s pretty much all I think about anymore. I love you so much Ross. :3