Leaving home

Yesterday I left Arcata, not to return until July 2009. It didn't really sink in that it would be such a long time between seeing my friends and family until just a couple days before I left. But I am excited about new challenges and expirences that await me on the other side of the world.

I am currently staying with the Riegelmann's. As I am not taking my XBox to Japan, Mike and I have played a lot of HALO (that is once the kids have gone to bed). They have two of the best kids ever, but trying to get anything done with a toddler and a baby is tough work. Mike and Holly are amazing with their kids, and sometimes I think about my married friends and think that maybe I am behind them in life, but then I realize that I am not at all ready to be married and have a kid. Much less two.

I played my last round of golf Tuesday with my dad and my brother, and my dad was kicking my butt. We were just playing nine holes, and he made birdies on 5 and 6 to go three up. But then I birdied 7, 8 and 9 to close out the round and we finished tied. Everyone ended up happy. It was a good way to go out.