And just like that … Whitney Houston packed up her shizz and made her way to LAX Airport to fly back East from whence she came. I, like many of y’all, was very excited when I saw the first pics of Whitney‘s arrival in SoCal last week because I thought her arrival in town was the long-awaited signal that she was ready to get to work on that comeback we’ve been hearing about for the past few years … but alas, it appears that isn’t the case (once again) as Whitney has already made her way back home, presumably, to Atlanta, GA. Here are a couple pics of Whitney as she bid adieu to SoCal at LAX yesterday … where she made SURE to show off the blingin’ rocks on her finger as she waved goodbye:

You may recall that Whitney was spotted in the close company of her much younger male friend Ray J on Grammy Night … so we know that the pair are, at the very least, friendly with one another. Is it possible that Ray J is the one responsible for blingin’ out Whitney‘s ring finger in such a dazzling way? HMMM. While the whole Whitney hookin’ up with Ray J thing kinda grosses me out, I do love that Whit is still fab enough to generate those kinds of rumors. She is a diva, y’all. In all honesty, I really believe that Whitney is capable of buying her own diamonds with her own money (and she likely paid for this ring by herself) but, even still, you know that she’s still got the magic to make men want to lavish her with jewels. Haters be damned, Whitney is the shizz! I hope she does make good on her promise of a comeback sometime soon … it’s been far too long. I’ll even hook Ms. Thang up with even more bling if it would mean that she’d release some new material. Here’s hopin’ we see Whitney Houston back in Hollywood sometime soon. Y’all come back now, ya hear?

[Photo credit: Bauer-Griffin]