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It’s that time again. Time for me to say goodbye. I don’t know why I put myself through this over and over again. And this time, as always, the goodbyes are going to be hard. Because it was so difficult to find people who really care. And to know you might never see them again.

My desk looks empty, since I have moved all the stuff….right into the trash can. It is kind of fun not to have to answer that constantly ringing phone. Little gifts from people at work. Exclamations of how quickly time went by and promises to keep in touch.

Wrestling with stuff that refuses to fit into suitcases. Does stuff multiply or something? . Figuring out what can be given away to goodwill. How on earth can I have so many memories attached to clothes? And dear lord, how am I going to carry all those chocolates back home since I am way over the allowed baggage limit???? Looked in the airline’s website. They do have a section on what to do with antlers, yes antlers, I kid you not, but nothing on whether u can sashay in with chocolates in your purse!!! And what on earth am I going to do for 8 hours in Singapore? There is an 8-hour wait for a 2-hour flight that takes me home. Somebody sure messed up somewhere.

Final phone calls to be made, final emails to be sent, goodbyes to be said. The final hugs and the tears…. Things are never going to be the same again.

But at the end of all this gloom, a bright light at the end of a dark tunnel. I am going back to my family and a month long vacation. So Bangalore, here I come!!!!!!