Hoping
Hectic final days. It didn't help that I only found out today that my boss had gone away for the week without telling me, meaning he won't be around on my last work day. Lovely.
I awoke early this morning - much too early - and I caught the train that I've consistently missed for over two months. I was hoping to see the Chinese lady, though when I got on the train, she wasn't in her usual carriage. I recognised three of her colleagues but she very definitely wasn't there, and she wasn't among the crowd of people filing out at the station. I wanted very much to say, "Hello, how are you?", to hear her pleasant "Good as usual!" then tell her that I will be going away for some months, and have her wish me "Good voyage!" in her sweet accent of her particular region.
Perhaps tomorrow, but there are not many days left. I still don't know her name.