10 more days to go!
what a busy week it has been for jojo. it took her 3 days to pack up. she moved out of her office yesterday so the next person can move in on Monday (gosh, by tuesday no one will remember that jojo used to occupy that room!). she gets stressed out like all brides do with endless errands to run and many things to worry... she had to pack and leave for the U.S. at the same time... poor husband-to-be of course again becomes the biggest victim in this situation even though he is some 10, 000 miles away...
on saturday, she woke up with a slight hangover at 9am (thank you for throwing me a farewell party on friday) and went into the office to pack up the last bits before the mover came to take her 10 boxes home with her (how does one keep 10 boxes of personal junk at work you might ask...but she just did). she went back to work to send out her farewell email (it's amazing how many people actually responded to that!), to fix her shoes, to pick up her bridal gown, went home again before heading out to causeway bay to pick up another dress before going to facial at 4pm. by the time she got home around 7pm, she only had less than 3 hours to pack before going to the airport. she essentially threw in the entire closet in her suitcases because she didn't want to make too many decisions. She was late for the car pick up, almost missed her flight, begged to get her old seat assignment back afte CX has given it away (but with only a gold card status, she only got laughed at when she asked to exercise her member privilege), and finally got on the plane that was too full for anyone to be comfortable. 12 hours (or one movie and 3 CSIs) later, she landed in LAX, waited for an hour for her snowboards to show up at the oversized baggage claim only to be told that snowboards have gone missing. this time, she didn't make a scene because she was simply too tired to do so. instead, she just filled out the form and walked out to the arrival hall to see her dear brother who has faithfully waited his sister for almost 2 hours...
here she is, sitting in front of her computer, 4 am in the morning, suffering from jetlag, rambling on and on to that unknown audience somewhere out there... a lot has happened in the past week, somehow it feels super-unreal that she has left her old firm. she had dedicated nearly 8 years of youth to that place (and her entiring working era in her twenties...) how was it that she could just pack up and leave? many people have asked her the question, she constantly asks herself too. it's hard to quantify and prove why it was a rational decision but as with all important decisions in life, jojo felt that she should just follow her heart. it was very very sad to go but she is so excited about going into her new chapter. the only lesson she learned, is not to try to begin writing two new chapters at the same time. don't try to get married and switch to new job at the same time... way too painful... luckily she has had so much support from all her friends helping get thru this difficult time and she has a husband-to-be who offered nothing but unconditional love and patience...
on saturday, she woke up with a slight hangover at 9am (thank you for throwing me a farewell party on friday) and went into the office to pack up the last bits before the mover came to take her 10 boxes home with her (how does one keep 10 boxes of personal junk at work you might ask...but she just did). she went back to work to send out her farewell email (it's amazing how many people actually responded to that!), to fix her shoes, to pick up her bridal gown, went home again before heading out to causeway bay to pick up another dress before going to facial at 4pm. by the time she got home around 7pm, she only had less than 3 hours to pack before going to the airport. she essentially threw in the entire closet in her suitcases because she didn't want to make too many decisions. She was late for the car pick up, almost missed her flight, begged to get her old seat assignment back afte CX has given it away (but with only a gold card status, she only got laughed at when she asked to exercise her member privilege), and finally got on the plane that was too full for anyone to be comfortable. 12 hours (or one movie and 3 CSIs) later, she landed in LAX, waited for an hour for her snowboards to show up at the oversized baggage claim only to be told that snowboards have gone missing. this time, she didn't make a scene because she was simply too tired to do so. instead, she just filled out the form and walked out to the arrival hall to see her dear brother who has faithfully waited his sister for almost 2 hours...
here she is, sitting in front of her computer, 4 am in the morning, suffering from jetlag, rambling on and on to that unknown audience somewhere out there... a lot has happened in the past week, somehow it feels super-unreal that she has left her old firm. she had dedicated nearly 8 years of youth to that place (and her entiring working era in her twenties...) how was it that she could just pack up and leave? many people have asked her the question, she constantly asks herself too. it's hard to quantify and prove why it was a rational decision but as with all important decisions in life, jojo felt that she should just follow her heart. it was very very sad to go but she is so excited about going into her new chapter. the only lesson she learned, is not to try to begin writing two new chapters at the same time. don't try to get married and switch to new job at the same time... way too painful... luckily she has had so much support from all her friends helping get thru this difficult time and she has a husband-to-be who offered nothing but unconditional love and patience...
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