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Day’s Verse:
For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter,
though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.
Since no man knows the future,
who can tell him what is to come?
Ecclesiastes 8:6-7
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Since I got the internship in September and Ian and I made solid plans to really leave Massachusetts, I don’t think I really internalized that we are leaving. For good. Not for a visit, not for vacation, but to permanently settle somewhere other than New England. After three years of hearing us talk about moving “out west,” our friends and coworkers stopped believing that we really would do it. Now, at T – 4 days and counting, with the vast majority of our possessions in boxes, most of our furniture for sale, and my 1.5-month-long separation from Ian looming large, my friends and I are starting to believe it. Most convincing so far was saying goodbye to friends this weekend, knowing that, most likely, I’ll never actually see these people again.