Oh it's a busy day today. Let's run through it, shall we?

I woke up to snow. Oh boy. I love it. I'm a little disappointed that we didn't get the full snow storm. And I'm very disappointed that the snow will rain away soon. But I'm happy to have the show for now at least.

There's nothing better than going out the door and seeing...

Something like that.

It was a rough night though. Windy and frozen. And not much sleep. I'm nervous. Actually I'm swinging from nervous to scared. Funny, I'm probably more scared than Skye even though she has to do the hardest things. But I'm scared she'll be stuck in Kastrup airport and I'll be stuck in Tirstrup waiting for her and I'm scared I'll take the wrong bus and end up in Randers. And I'm scared of spending a week together again. It's still not easy for me. That long time, so close to someone. It's hard when there's nowhere to hide. But that'll get better when she's actually here and the good feelings take over.

And then my heart will beat a little slower. Just a little.

But back to the present. I was late for work. 30 minutes late on my last day of work, oops. Hehe. Well, I could always blame the snow. If you've been reading me for a year or so then I'm sure you know what happens when it snows. First of all I get giddy like a schoolboy. And second of all I take lots of snow pictures. Snow just excites me. Take a normal, boring scene and add snow. Then I'm excited. If snow doesn't excite you then you might want to ignore the following links. Just a little visual representation of my walk to work.

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Mhm. A snowy morning. It makes me happy. I feel fresh and chilled. Yo.

And the Barn never looks better than when it has snowed.

Although it looked prettier before it was painted white. But still. That's the Barn. Today was the farewell day. Bittersweet. We didn't have to do much today. Just clean up after the weekend. I swept the hall floor for the last time. We didn't have to wash it. That was nice.

At coffee it really hit me that it was almost over. The radio started playing Last Christmas. Say what you will about Wham, but that song always gets to me a little. Memories. Sentimentality. Sitting there, looking at the others while it was playing. It was a good moment.

Bent mentioned to the others that I was stopping. Cafer was the only other who knew at the table. So I got a little attention. Normally I don't like that of course. But it was nice getting little sweet comments. Seeing that it does affect everyone that I'm leaving.

After coffee we were pretty much done. I helped take some christmas decorations down. And then it was goodbye. I was in Bent's office with Cafer. They both shook my hand and wished me good luck. Thanked me for the time we'd had together. Cafer said I was a good man :) ... I don't like using smileys much but that needs one hehe. I shook hands with Karen too as I was leaving. She's a really nice lady. Always sweet. She would make a great grandmother. In fact I think she probably does already.

All the people there are nice really. It's a good little community feeling. Not much money. Lots of crime and immigrants in the area. It can be a tough place, but they're working with social things and helping. It's a good place. I don't know how much they all liked me, I haven't always been a model employee. But I have worked to improve myself and I got the feeling that the powers that be appreciated my efforts there. The only person I ever had issues with was Sonja, who worked in the kitchen. And lots of people had issues with her. Funnily enough I started feeling really comfortable at the Barn and stopped skipping days right around the time she retired and stopped coming to the Barn... Coincidence? Probably. Heh. It's not like she was a fiend or anything. Just not a very forgiving attitude. And sometimes when you're having a hard time and just trying to do your best you need to be forgiven a little. I have a feeling that she thought I wasn't a very nice person, and really I'm not that bad. She probably wasn't so bad either. Forgiveness and understanding, we can all use a little of that.

It was very strange, walking from the Barn for the last time. It's not impossible that I'll be back there sometime. But for now that was the last walk home. In the snow. I'm going to miss it, I'm sure.

Back at home I made preparations for the christmas with Skye. Peter is sleeping down here tonight, I have almost all the stuff I need moved to his place. Tomorrow morning, before I go pick up Skye, I'll bring the last stuff and do a little cleaning. I brought the christmas tree. That was fun. Walking in the snow, carrying a christmas tree. It made me feel like I was in a movie. A christmas movie. The sound of snow under my boots. I love that sound. All it needed was a jingle bells-y soundtrack.

But the snow is enough for me.

I think everything is pretty much set and done now. Entry 22 in the calendar candle is done for sure.

Jolly.

I'm not sure if I have actually mentioned this, but Peter doesn't have a computer at his place. And I will not be home much while Skye is visiting. I will only be coming down here if we're missing some stuff and I need to go get it. So I won't be updating. I will be having a merry time with Skye. And you will all have to wait to hear how it went. Sorry about that. I'll be doing a little update tomorrow but then I'll be gone till the 29th. I hope you won't miss me too much. But I hope you will miss me a little. And that you will send sweet thoughts to Skye and I while we're together.

And now it's just about bedtime. I have to get up early tomorrow and get things ready and update this here diary. And then pick up Skye at the airport. How exciting!

Nitey nite all.

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