Goodbyes

I want to be able to say, "It's only four months until Taipei.  These good byes aren't forever."

However, many of the people I've gotten to know best in the past 16 months are the ones who already know they aren't coming back to this show.  Including most of the families, the people with kids, the ones I had hoped would be around for Kaylee to play with.  And there won't likely be new kids and families, as new company policies are making traveling with families less appealing.

And this is making me very sad.  Add on top of that the stress I'm feeling about traveling in Taipei and Japan. 

My response to these emotions?  Be very, very focused on the four months in Michigan and trying to ignore everything else.