The final Saturday

After this our shopping spree, we go to a skating get-together in some far-off location arranged by Emily. The cold, the ice, the blades – I missed you (I haven’t skated since high school). Danny learns to skate! I learn to twirl in one place on the ice.

After skating, the four of us return to Adrienne and Danny’s apartment and attempt to watch Battle Royale. Attempt turns to failure when the subtitles don’t working. We then watch Ice Princess instead, and try to eat the five pounds of macaroni left by Christina. By 1:30 am, we are ready to leave. This is it. Tomorrow, Danny and I fly back home, Adrienne will fly back on Wednesday, and Rob will fly back a few weeks later.

How quickly this term has gone by. I still remember how, less than four months ago, Danny, Adrienne, and I were tourists trying to get the maximum use out of our CityPass before our first day of work. Space Needle. Seattle Zoo. Boat Cruise. And now, after months of hanging out, going on road trips, making new friends, sight-seeing, dinners and birthdays – we’ve settled into life here in a way that’s comfortable. It’s a feeling that surely must’ve taken more than four months to achieve – years, maybe. But, no, less than four months. Now that’s something special.

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