Tomorrow, Andrea leaves for exciting Malaysia, where she'll be greeted by any number of relatives, some actually related to her, some not. At any rate, Aunt and Uncle mean both more (more of them) and less (less actual relations) than it does to my white self. I'm taking the day off from my new job (had also planned on taking the day off from my old job, should have been suspicious when the boss didn't comment one way or the other) to see her off and also to spend a little time with Ma and Pa Tan, both of whom will be joining her on the longass flight first to Tokyo then to somewhere else in Asia.

I know she'll have a great time but I'll miss her terribly. In almost 5 years together, I've been home alone all of 1 night and I'm not really looking forward to 18 of them, though I'll be in lovely Ohio for a few. So if you want to hang out, the next couple of weeks are the time to do it, as Andrea frolicks on a much-needed and well-deserved vacation. But that won't stop me from missing her and the way she says NUTS. Not to mention the way she says NICE, which is also very funny.