May 18th, 2:30 pm

Owwwwwwww!!!  Ouch!! That really hurts! 

No, Charlie didn’t bite my finger.  It’s much worse than that. 

Two minutes ago, I just watched Alissa walk away and around the corner of the departure terminal at LAX. 

Even though we’ve known for a long time that this time would come, and that it would stink in many ways, we were still fine all day today.  We had a lovely morning at home, then we went for lunch overlooking the ocean, then drove to the airport.  The air was fresh and sweet with a feeling of excitement.  All in all, a lovely date day, really.  It wasn’t until I saw her walk away that the bottom completely dropped out of my heart.

I’ll spare you the details.  Just . . . yikes.  Yikes, ow, and I dunno, like, Duuuude, not cool.

 <-- see the cute little wifey walking away