Last night I drove Marco to the airport and dropped him off. Other people were waiting for my spot so we were a bit rushed. I helped him unload his bags onto a cart, we said our goodbyes and we left. Before I left I told him that I'll come visit him in England in a year or two.
I drove home and then it started to hit me. Marco is gone. When I got home I went into the house... empty, just me. I remembered the last 10 months, and realized it's all over now. I miss him already! It feels so weird to be in my house alone. I never felt alone because there was always someone downstairs. Now I really feel alone. I won't be renting that apt until September 1st or so because I want a college student. That will give me time to get my new puppy house trained, and to do some work to the appartment (paint, etc).
A couple days before Marco went home he lost his wallet and a wad of cash while he was in Toronto. I won't go into details but it wasn't good. When he gets back he'll have to get all that sorted out, buy himself a car, get insurance, and hunt for jobs in London. He will then move into an appartment in London and will pay more for for a tiny bachelor pad than I pay for my whole house plus utilities! I hope the job pays well. I'm going to give him a really good reference.
I haven't heard from Marco yet. I hope he landed ok. I tried phoning, no answer. Marco if you're reading this, please give me a call or email.
Working from his home office in Toronto,
Ryan de Laplante can be found developing software in
Java by day, and obsessing with technology by night.
Ryan has been designing and writing software for
IJW since 1998 and is very passionate about his work.
