the old and the new

it is funny to read these old posts, seeing where i was a year ago. c'est la vie. in ONE WEEK i am getting on a plane to california forever. or something like it. if the plane doesn't go down in a flaming pile of irony i will arrive in san francisco wednesday afternoon with two days to recover until the frantic job apartment search begins. now is the time for last minute doubts, clinging desperately to my boyfriend (though he will be joining me soon), and long walks around athens to say goodbye to the local landscape. i have been ready to leave for so long that i've already sort of disentangled myself. people say the obligatory "i'll miss you" and i say the standard miss you, email, etc. it may sound cold, but it's not. it's just the way it is. p.s. the starbucks thing lasted two weeks.