Dealing with the "LASTS"

Only 3 more days till I leave on my China Midlife Adventure and I am dealing with the “Lasts”. Last Willie Wee-nee Wagon Hot dog, last bag of donut holes from Dunker Donuts, last fried shrimp from the Crab Trap, last meeting with the YaYas at Spankys, last blueberry muffin at Sweet Mamas, last gossip with the friends, last meal with Nicole and Zac, last 6 am walk with Rosie and the dogs, last phone call with Gail discussing Survivor, last Friday night movie with BJ. I have been telling myself that I am not going to China for eternity but just for a year. This adventure is leaving my comfort zone of predictable events and things. And boy am I predictable. Mrs. Chambers at Willies knows before I say a word that I will have a ‘bulldog no pickles’, fries, and a diet coke, the lady at the donut shop knows that I always have a large diet coke ‘light on the ice’ with a bag of donut holes. Gail always knows that I forget dates and times and calls to remind me. My friends quietly accept my flaws, quirks, and failures and deal with them as needed. I guess I will soon see how I will deal with my new unpredictable life with no safety net of friends to catch me.