and then there was one

Dropped off Lauren at the Gautrain to take her to the airport about a few hours ago. Prudence, Bronwyn and myself were fairly strong until we pulled away from the curb, and tried to make ourselves feel better by going out to eat in an amazing cafe with a garden, sitting in the sun, followed by a bit of retail therapy.

Last night there was a group of roughly 18 of us at Doppio Zero, one of our favourite places for Dessert Club meetings, and everyone showed up to send Lauren out with so much love. We all worked on a secret present for her to take with her- a scrapbook filled with pictures, notes and reminders of our time here in South Africa. Very bittersweet, but so wonderful.

 Feeling strangely empty right now. Trying to plan many social events this weekend in order to not have to face the fact that my buddy of 4 months is all of a sudden gone. Shannon is a bit of a sadpants today.