click - bam - bye

click
- there are some people that regardless of how often you get together or stay in touch, when you see each other and start talking you just click and fall in sinc...whether it's similar social awareness, political views, job history...you could talk the whole night and it feels good...and i realized tonight on the way home from dinner how precious that is.

bam
- and then i hit a possum. well, all i saw was a flash of white, but i hit the brakes and slowed and yelled out loud UH OH..and then TH-THUNK...praying it wasn't a cute cat or dog i slowed to a stop in the middle of the road watching my rear view to see if i should pull over, but there making a 180 turn and returning from where it came was a BIG - UGLY - FAT - YUCKY-TAILED POSSUM. BLECH. but at least it was alive

bye
- the good-bye continues. tomorrow i'll be telling two counseling groups i work with that i won't be returning next year...and today again a little boy came down to ask me if i really had to go, he's come to my office every day since he found out i'd be leaving. and when i smiled sadly at him and said, "i'm sorry, yes." he frowned and said, "oh, that's right. your family. how are they doing?" which was so adult of him it brought tears to my eyes.