2日、駅に着いて驚いたのは、見送りの人の数のなんと多いこと！秋田駅の中央改札前やスターバックスにいるほぼすべての人がモーリーンの見送りじゃないかと思うくらい、たくさんの人がいた。そんな競争率の激しいモーリーンをなんとか捕まえて、手作り「さすが俺！」Tシャツを着てもらい記念写真撮影に成功！改札を通るとさみしい気持ちでいっぱいだった。
3日、午前10：56のこまちで東京に向かうマークを見送るために、私とカズは年次をもらい、デレクは仕事を途中で抜けてきた。こちらも見送りの人がたくさんいる中、マークにTシャツを着てもらい記念撮影。マークに、「他の三人もホントに来たがってたんだけどどうしても仕事が…」と説明しているうちに、だんだん涙が出てきて、しまいに号泣！そういうわけで、まどかちゃんからの、『時計の電池送って！』という伝言も伝えそびれてしまった…。
とにかく、2人とも手作りTシャツを着たまま改札をくぐってくれたので、作戦大成功！
ところでマークは、私たちが駐車場からわずかの隙間に見えるこまちに向かって手を振っていたのに気付いただろうか？
August started with unhappy events. Maureen and Mark left Akita on the 2nd and the 3rd at the expiration of their contracts as ALTs (Assistant Language Teacher)!
On the 2nd, I was so surprised because there were so many people to send off Maureen! It was enough people to make me think that all the people in front of the main gate at the station and at the Starbucks were for her! We managed to catch her, whose attention we had to compete for, and took pictures of all of us wearing the same handmade “That’s me!” T-shirts! I felt very sad when I saw her through the gate…
On the 3rd, Kazu and I took the day off, and Derek was allowed to take a short time off from work to send off Mark who left by the Komachi Shinkansen at 10:56. His send-off people were no less than Maureen’s, and took pictures together with the same T-shirts. When I explained that the other three couldn’t make it because of their work, it brought tears to my eyes. I ended up crying! That’s why I forgot to tell Mark a message from Madoka to send her batteries for the clock he gave her…
Anyway, we were happy that both of them went through the gate wearing that T-shirts!!
By the way, I wonder if Mark noticed us waving to the Komachi which could be seen between the narrowest gaps from the our parking spot..
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