A Perfect Goodbye.

Today was perfect.

I couldn't have asked for a better goodbye to the city that will never be replaced in my heart. The sun was shining, the clouds were cumulus (my favorite), and the wind was blowing. Actually, scratch that last part. The wind is the reason I'm beyond tired and wonder if I can make it through this blog with one coherent sentence.

Why is wind the cause of my tiredness? Well, in case you didn't know, Wind isn't an early bird; wind likes to sleep in. Therefore, in order to avoid Wind, one must wake up at an ungodly hour.

Ryan took me out on the Ultra Light (sea plane) today. We had to take off at 8am in order to avoid the wind (even though we still got caught in it anyways). I guess it was a final attempt at keeping me in Miami, it almost worked. The conditions were perfect; the sail boats were out, the dolphin's were jumping, and as always, people gasped as they saw the lil yellow plane nose diving in to the sea (some sort of "joke" he likes to play on people, hilarious right?). I love flying, when I get my liscense, I will fly you somewhere.

The morning ended even better with a brunch at Smith & Wollensky followed by my favorite drive in Miami; top down, chrome's spinnin through the Grove, a treezy maze. After that, I went to church with Kathia. I had promised her about 7 months ago that I would attend her church with her one time and of course, leave it up to me to go the day before I leave town. It was beautiful, exactly what I needed, I even did the whole "flip to a random page and the first thing you read is your destiny" game, and I flipped to Romans 8:31, "If God is with us, who can be against us?" Could I have asked for a better destiny? I think not.

Following that, I finally started packing. I gave in to my mom's request that I actually only take two suitcases and she'll ship over anything else I need. I feel naked without having all my stuff so it was a tough decision but I'm really tired and cant function. I forgot to mention, last night, my work event started at 1pm and ended at 1am, all day on the beach, in the sun, kill me.

After the packing ordeal, I went to see EARTH with my family. I'm not going to say anything about that spectacular movie because I want to save it all for one entire post. It definitely deserves it. The Grand Finale of family time took place at Ruson, the most obscure lil sushi place ever that has THEE most delicious dragon roll ever. wow.

Now, I am wondering how I will say my promised goodbyes to a number of people I have promised goodbyes to. I wonder if I can get away with a phone call? I don't know, I'm going to figure that out now. Let me end this by saying that:

TOMORROW, Monday, May 4, 2009 at 3:30pm, I, NICOLE KATRINA CUNNINGAM, will be an OFFICIAL, NEW YORK CITY, MANHATTAN, RESIDENT.

Here...Goes...Nothing.