a farewell and a cockroach

My good friend Randy left Austin today. With the constant stream of people who've been leaving over the last couple of months, I thought I was well prepared for it. But I didn't like saying goodbye. Prepared or not, seeing close friends leave sucks.

I may have started my morning watching a friend leave town, but I ended it relaxing with old friends at my house. Susanne and Seth came over for dinner. The nice thing about cooking for close friends is that it's a low-key production (compared to my group dinner efforts). We had tasty sausage, salad and beer and just chilled out on my deck watching my dog chase an enormous cockroach, and trading shitty airline travel stories.

For the first time all week, my ass is going to bed early. I'm exhausted from all of last week's going-away shenanigans.