Ralph's Diner, Worcester MA
Sunday, March 4
The last time I see Mike, Patty, and the other Mike who went to Harvard is at 2am outside Ralph's Diner in Worcester, MA. Last call is over and the door man has ushered everybody outside. People stand around smoking, waiting on cabs or designated (or drunk) drivers to pull up. We are waiting for my mom to come pick us up.
The past several hours are spent drinking. We drink at Mike and Patty's and laugh at the fact that we spent much of our time together at Chillis because we are apparently 50 year old working stiffs.
Mike and I go to Walmart where he paid for a pump and walked out without the pump. The pump is for an air-mattress that he doesn't need because I am not sleeping over.
"Thanks for the mattress, Godfrey," he says.
At the bar Jeff shows up, Rick, Lauren, and her sister. I buy people drinks and lose track of all my money and time.
The night is cold but it was all a great send off.
As we stand and wait it all sinks in and I don't want it to end. I wanted to go to Korea so badly but now that I am on the verge of leaving, I am tremendously sad.
When I wake up in the morning I won't fall asleep again until I am in Seoul.
The past several hours are spent drinking. We drink at Mike and Patty's and laugh at the fact that we spent much of our time together at Chillis because we are apparently 50 year old working stiffs.
Mike and I go to Walmart where he paid for a pump and walked out without the pump. The pump is for an air-mattress that he doesn't need because I am not sleeping over.
"Thanks for the mattress, Godfrey," he says.
At the bar Jeff shows up, Rick, Lauren, and her sister. I buy people drinks and lose track of all my money and time.
The night is cold but it was all a great send off.
As we stand and wait it all sinks in and I don't want it to end. I wanted to go to Korea so badly but now that I am on the verge of leaving, I am tremendously sad.
When I wake up in the morning I won't fall asleep again until I am in Seoul.
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