6. Who last called you on the phone?

My BFF T. She's moving to Tokyo in December; I'm gutted.

It's a big career move for her, and I'm thrilled for her, but she's pretty much the only friend I have out here... My other "T" went off to college this fall (yes, one of my best friends out here is young enough to be my biological child! He's an old soul, what can I say?), so I feel like all of my SoCal connections outside my job are evaporating... it makes me feel rootless. I guess I've felt rootless since I left NYC: it was time; I don't regret the move, and I don't think I'd want to go back-- as I've said before, the city I left wasn't the city I loved-- but it makes me wonder if I'll ever feel connected to a geographic place again.  Maybe not? Is it necessary to feel a connection to place, or is a peripatetic life ok at this stage? I don't know... I'd like to live in the Hudson Valley at some point, but it doesn't appeal to P.  I'd also like to spend some time in Chicago because I have both friends and family there, but all of this is moot because I'm not ready to leave this job yet... I've got too much left to learn, even though it is currently stressing me to a breaking point.

But back to the question: T was the last person to call me; she's leaving in December, so fuck it: vet bills be damned, she and I are going to Mexico City together for Thanksgiving, and we're tentatively planning to go riding in Mongolia in 2020.  If there's a bright side to Artie's incapacitation, it's that I've now accumulated enough points on my credit card to cover airfare to Mexico and Asia. So, Yay?