Goodbyes

I am starting to realize that I am not a goodbye person. I hate them! How do you say goodbye to a friend that you have seen everyday for four months? I'm not sure, but I will let you know in a few hours. I have decided to go with "see you laters" instead of goodbyes. Ugh.
Since that is such a depressing subject, I'm moving on. This is going to be a very long day. This morning I am going to scrub down my apartment, which is going to be disgusting. I am then going into town to help Colleen finish Christmas shopping, enjoy the sunshine (hopefully), and get one more Butler's hot chocolate, the fabled "best hot chocolate in Galway." We're then going to an early dinner at the same place we went to our first night, getting a last Bulmers (hopefully accompanied by a last trad session) and then walking back to watch a Christmas movie. I will then wrestle with my too-small bag once more, pray that it decides to zip, and watch my last few hours of Irish television. At 2 am I am taking the bus to Dublin airport, which will hopefully be nap time. After 5 hours of waiting in the airport (yes, I booked the wrong bus, but it was 1 euro, so I'll take the 5 hour wait), I will finally say goodbye to Ireland. For twelve hours. Wish me luck!!