leaving is humbling. all the goodbyes, promises to “keep in touch”, wondering ifs, last hurrahs. I feel spoiled by good memories in the making: generous friends, tote bags on laundry lines, really long side hugs. I feel blessed to have so many excellent people in my life. phoning and messaging everyone to say “goodbye-for-now” is forcing me to re-recognize how amazing you all are, and how un-independent I am (despite some of my greatest efforts).

thank you, for this.

thus, with the move there will naturally follow new means to communication. If you’d like my new mailing address, please inform me by commenting. If you’d like to e-mail me, that isn’t changing. If you’d like to know where I will be writing from this day forward it’s here: http://lalbe.wordpress.com

to all my xanga-faithfuls: please redirect your attentions to this new location. I'm not as nice as some other bloggers who have fancy plug-ins to do their double posting for them. No, I am mean and want you to just click this new way. And I'll sit on my end, crossing my fingers hoping you'll all remember to return and read about my adventures in LA (bookmark it).

Over the next while I'll be re-posting old, favorite entries on this new page. It's kind of fun to relive.

thanks, friends! and remember: http://lalbe.wordpress.com