goodnite philly...

this has truly been an exhausting day. we're almost all done and ready to go. we still need to get some cleaning done, maybe fill one or two more boxes, and then we're all packed. i get the truck tomorrow morning at 9:00 and from there we'll start loading things up. our current landlord is going to meet us at the house at noon to get our keys, and then we're off to pittsburgh--our new home.

jessie made me cry tonight. she's in town visiting a friend from high school and she said she had a present for me, so of course i pressed her to tell me what it is. it's her first edition copy of "franny and zooey". stean and i have these stupid "best friends" bracelets that i was wearing last weekend when she was here, and she said about giving me this book, "well, you and stean have those friendship bracelets, and you and i will have my first editions" (she's also got a first ed of "raise high the roofbeam, carpenters and seymour: an introduction". so, i guess this means that i'm kinda important to jessie. i got off the phone with her and just cried and cried. cried because i felt so touched; cried because jessie is important to me, too; cried because i'm leaving my home and even though i'm so looking forward to this new stage in the adventure, i'm aware of all of the wonderful things i'm leaving behind.

goodnight to you, philadelphia. goodnight, goodbye, god bless.