Learning to LEAVE Dallas

Well here it is, our last full day of Dallas living is over. Hard to Believe...

The day started bright and early with a wake up call at 5:30AM. We got up , got dressed and headed down to breakfast. I dropped Michael off at TI (he had some last minute stuff to do, phone calls to make, layout people to talk to, and some people wanted to take him out for a farewell lunch. I headed over to Chris and Fayne's so I could have one last private lesson. I stayed through lunch and before I even started to leave the tears started. Leaving wasn't easy and it didn't help that he was the very first person I REALLY had to say goodbye too here in Dallas. Then I headed to get my haircut and went to the grocery store (yes the grocery store) so I could pick up some stuff for sandwhiches and some bananas for tonight and tomorrow and get some coffee from the Starbucks. The guy that helps me all the time gave me my coffee for free when he found out he wouldn't be giving me coffee anymore. That made me smile. By this time It was time to get Michael, He took the train up towards Plano and we went to turn in our modem to time warner Cable, Get new workout gloves (because that was high on our list of stuff to do) and head to the apartment to get the last few things out and turn in th keys. It as a relatively painless process. I had to write a giant check (2montsh rent) to cover the cost of breaking the lease. Wasn't too hard to write though because TI is paying that fee for us. :) Leaving the Apartment was the easiest time leaving we have had in ... FOREVER. I think since I left my apartment in college that I lived in with Mary. Since then the house in Lubbock , our 2 Flats in Denmark, our House in Lubbock and our house in Allen have stirred up a TON of emotions for us both. This one, neither of us even blinked an eye. I am sure it is as simple as the fact we have lived there only 3 months..... Can you guess where we headed to next??? You got it, The GYM! We signed the form to cancel our membership :( :( :( and had a pretty good last work out. In the past week I have taken a moment here and there to look around and take in the gym (i know it is silly, but something I usually have to do when I have big changes in my life) I had to force myself not to do it today, because I didn't want to break out the tears in the gym... how dorky would hat have been ;) We said goodbye to some of the staff and some of the people we see on a daily baisis there. And yes, we walked out, and those tears came back. While living in Lubbock Market Street *the grocery store) was our second home (YES, the grocery store) but here, the gym was, without a doubt, our second home Our place to go to when times where hard (homesickness from Lubbock, the pain of loosing Hendrix, and simply our escape from Dallas when we didn't want to be here) Then it evolved into the place we found comfort, friendly faces, always someone to talk to even if just for a brief moment and gave us something to do together and a way to spend time together our side of the house. So yes, it was kinda hard to leave, but we managed. We came back to the hotel and hung out with Mary and Jason, they had gotten dinner in the hotel restaurant, Michael and I took turns changing and eating sandwiches, though I brought mine into the restaurant and the hotel lobby bar with me. Later in the night "our pal" Ed from the gym came to say bye and spend a little last minute time with us. The all left about the same time. Since I had a few drinks in me my tears didn't start back up, but I'm certain if I didn't have a drink or two in me, they would have.

Michael Me and Ed

Partney/Pate Picture

Michael and I came back upstairs and I started my magic. Packing Suitcases. I was really excited because it has been a long time since I had to do "serious" packing. I am talking tight squishing stuff in the suitcases packing. So I went to work on our GIANT suitcase, and the smaller one, well unfortunately, I have a TON of room left and I didn't even get to start to repack the other two suitcases. I'm sure we will need to pay an over the pound limit fee, but its not that big of a deal to us. Plus TI pays this too so it no biggie. We didn't use the air freight offered to us, so the 25-100 bucks (25 per bag) shouldn't be too steep of a price to pay.

I haven't said goodbye to Fayne yet. She is the only person we have left to see. She is going to lunch with us. I have a feeling that goodbye is going to be the worst, because it will be the very last one, and that in my mind usually translates to: Ok, It is time. Actually that is a lie. Our VERY VERY last goodbye is a GIANT one. The Sun. After all, we wont be seeing it again for a couple months. Hopefully it won't be cloudy tomorrow, but if it is, thats ok, I hugged it from afar today. While most of this post seems really really sad, I must assure everyone, we are soooo incredibly excited to go get to experience Denmark once again. To truly remember what it was we fell so in love with about this country a few years ago is going to be amazing and we can't wait to jump right back in where we left off. 2 days this time, we will be "European Texans!!"
YE HAW!! Wait we can't say that, that is far from Euro Chic! ;)

I may or maynot have time to post before we leave tomorrow. I am going to try to, but if not, we leave tomorrow at 6:00PM and arrive in Copenhagen about 1:00 in the afternoon on Thursday Denmark time. I will post as soon as I can after we arrive. :) :) :)