Life In Rome: Surprise Party

After I got back from my Easter Holiday, time really started flying. I was working, trying to plan my return home, trying to see everyone that I had met over the past three years and trying to pack my entire life into three pieces of luggage.

I was starting to stress about not having enough time to say goodbye to everyone because my schedule was so full and I didn't want to give up my remaining nights with Meganne or any other things I do on a weekly basis. On Friday the 24th of April, Meganne and I went out for the evening. The idea was to go out for a walk around town and find a nice place for dinner with no particular plan in place or so I thought. I was tired and wanted to go home after dinner but Meganne said she really wanted to go have a drink after dinner. I told her that was fine but I really didn't want to go to the Abbey because it's hard to walk out of that place sober and I had partaken in more than a few goodbye drinks the night before. I thought it slightly odd that she wanted to go out after dinner but she said she was in the mood have a drink.

She talked me into going to the Abbey and when I walked in there was no one that I knew at the bar. That's practically impossible considering that I worked there for almost two years and it was a Friday night. I commented to her that there were no familiar faces in the bar. She said, "Yeah, weird, right? I think Lauren is upstairs." Strange again but I didn't think anything of it. Then we went upstairs and I opened the door to about 40 of my friends! I had been had! Jules had organized a surprise party for me, I had not a clue. I'm truly grateful to have made such great friends over the past three years and I was so happy that I was able to say my goodbyes to so many of them in one night. It was a truly a memorable evening!