Tired of Saying Goodbye

Yes, I just deleted that blog in about a split second and that's how I'm feeling about so many relationships I have made in these cities that I keep living in for brief periods. San Francisco was difficult because I lived there for 15 years and friends were like family. Then Houston for 10 months and in that short period of time I made some excellent friendships that were as strong as San Francisco ones.

Now London and I'm saying goodbye again and again. This time around I'm feeling it even deeper. It is actually breaking my heart. In fact, I think I resisted making deep friendships here because I knew it was a temporary stay. Despite that in the past couple of months I've gotten closer to some amazing people and now it is goodbye again. Enough goodbyes. I want to settle down.

I had a fantastic send-off from work today. Our retreat went extremely well. Then we went bowling and had diner food. My team got me all kinds of beautiful little things to take back to the States. Each object was in my style - they really know me.

Closed out Career Goals Blog

I woke up in the middle of the night last night and had a realization - the Career Goals blog was too much for me to keep up. I wasn't passionate about it as I am about this blog. Did I ever reference the content? No. It had so few hits that I realized it was just more jibber jabber to keep me busy. So, I just deleted it. Gosh, it went away in less than a second. That was a bit scary.

Final Day of Work in London

Well, today is my last day of work in London. To go out with a bang I'm facilitating our Away Day (what we call a retreat in the States). We're holding it at an international law firm which provides lovely biscuits and tea every two hours to make sure you're well caffeinated. Don't worry, I won't have any tea - as many of you know caffein makes me beyond hyper and when I facilitate I'm already on super power mode.

Yesterday was my last day in the office. It felt strange because I wasn't sad to go. The job was excellent for my learning and career aspirations but I'm clearly ready to return to the States.