the end of the month/era

Seems like at the beginning of August, I thought the month would go by fast, but now that it's the last day, in hindsight, it seemed to take a long time to get to this point. Somewhere in the middle, things just took a slow turn and the days just dragged on. Perhaps the start of the fall semester played a role in the "time change" somehow. Even Tad's departure seems like more time's passed since. That means that a lot of things happened during the month, right?

Today it finally hit me that it's the "end of an era" for a lot of things, well mostly stuff at work, really:

1. Today served as the last day for several student workers in our department. They'll go on to bigger and better things I'm sure. So just wanted to give some shout outs to:
Sakomi Shiru
Kajeri Cruz
Don L.

2. Another student turned 21, Happy Birthday Strawberry Girl! You're no longer a minor.

3. The interim vp's last day at the post; the new one starts on Sept. 1

4. Yogurt's last day at the hut today.

Not work related:
5. Roomie's aunt passed away today, due to cancer. He and his mom went up to Seattle yesterday to spend some last moments with her.

6. Of course that whole Katrina thing. It's so shocking to see the images of the damage. I never imagined things would look like that...unbelievable.

Many endings today, feels strange.