Until We Meet Again...

And so starts the week of the endless good-byes.  Good-bye to the island, good-bye to coworkers, peers, colleagues, and friends.  It's been just about 8 months since I moved to St. Croix and started at Hovensa.  It's been a whirlwind of a time.  Hard times at work, fun times on the island have all been worth it.  Yesterday was my last full day of work... and today I go in for my exit interview at 2:30pm, and that will be it.

A lot of people leave tomorrow, but I'm staying here until the 30th.  I'd like to really get to enjoy this island (not that I haven't already) before I have to leave.  I have a little bucket list I guess.  I want to see the sunrise and set over the horizon on the same day.  I want to eat at a few more restaurants I haven't tried yet.  I want to visit a couple more beaches I haven't yet.  I want to see the tide pools.  I feel like I just have not been able to do everything because I took it for granted that I lived here, and now I won't be living here, and I need to take advantage of all these amazing things to do.  We'll see, I have about 10 days to get it all in.  A friend of mine doesn't leave until Wednesday, so I'll have someone to do these things with maybe.  Suzzy and Brandon are here until August, but they will be working every day.  Their end-date is July 31st.  I'm really excited about that because it means they will still be able to get married here, and it gives me a great reason to come back!  I'll be returning to this island in August to be in my best friend's wedding, and I cannot wait.

So here goes... when I leave here I will head to New Jersey for a week to spend with my family and hopefully catch up with some friends.  Then I am off to San Francisco to visit with my best friend from camp, Lisa, because we should never be separated.  From there I will work my way down to Los Angeles, to get my Philly girl in that LA world self on.  I can't wait to see my old roommate and my good friends again.  Finally it will be to New Orleans for a new life adventure.  We'll see what kind of blog I come up with there.  Maybe I'll figure out how to write more often. (: