11 more days!!!!
I don't know how to describe how I'm feeling. It's kind of scared. Kind of excited. Kind of wtfdidigetmyselfinto? Kind of HOW COOL! And a lot of AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! because I still have a million things to get finished before I leave. Getting ready to go is almost a full time job.
In great news: I made Thomas go shopping with me yesterday because he's lucky. I found a couple more tops that I liked on clearance. I found the shortwave that I wanted ($10 cheaper at register than marked). The sleeping bag that I decided to get was $50 cheaper than the last time I looked at it. I mean, damn. The kid is really lucky. I got exactly the planner I wanted. So now, with the exception of "host family gifts", I have officially completed outfitting myself for this adventure. And I just had a thought ... I may get the host family gifts up in Philly. I mean, a couple of weeks before the 4th of July I should be able to find some great Americana stuff up there, right? That, and Peace Corps gives us a per diem while we're there, so, yeah.
Other great news: Jezebel has a home!!!! If you ever feel the need to visit the greatest kitty ever, you'll have to truck it down to Savannah, as she's staying with my friends spidermum and hawkshroom. I am going to miss her so very very much, but I will at least know that she is with good people in whom I have complete trust. She will be loved, and that's the most important thing. In fact, I'm pretty sure she will be treated better with them than she would if mom and dad let me leave her here (which they won't), so I guess things really do have a way of working out.
In good news: 2 more hours at Borders. Just storytime on Friday and then no more bookstore for Kat. This job was one of those bittersweet experiences: there were things about it that I really liked, and there were things about it that I really didn't like. But before I left today I took one last good look through the promo shelf and came away with the new Lifehouse CD, the new Kate Bush CDs, and the new Sinead O'Connor. The only one I've heard all the way through is Kate Bush (btw - 100wordspermin, you can have Aerial once I've loaded it into iTunes) and I know it's good. And even if the others aren't great, well, they're free.
Okay, it's now time for me to start scanning, printing, and moving a ton of files and media. I'm probably going to be at/near my computer for the next few days. Get it out of my system before I have limited access, right?
In great news: I made Thomas go shopping with me yesterday because he's lucky. I found a couple more tops that I liked on clearance. I found the shortwave that I wanted ($10 cheaper at register than marked). The sleeping bag that I decided to get was $50 cheaper than the last time I looked at it. I mean, damn. The kid is really lucky. I got exactly the planner I wanted. So now, with the exception of "host family gifts", I have officially completed outfitting myself for this adventure. And I just had a thought ... I may get the host family gifts up in Philly. I mean, a couple of weeks before the 4th of July I should be able to find some great Americana stuff up there, right? That, and Peace Corps gives us a per diem while we're there, so, yeah.
Other great news: Jezebel has a home!!!! If you ever feel the need to visit the greatest kitty ever, you'll have to truck it down to Savannah, as she's staying with my friends spidermum and hawkshroom. I am going to miss her so very very much, but I will at least know that she is with good people in whom I have complete trust. She will be loved, and that's the most important thing. In fact, I'm pretty sure she will be treated better with them than she would if mom and dad let me leave her here (which they won't), so I guess things really do have a way of working out.
In good news: 2 more hours at Borders. Just storytime on Friday and then no more bookstore for Kat. This job was one of those bittersweet experiences: there were things about it that I really liked, and there were things about it that I really didn't like. But before I left today I took one last good look through the promo shelf and came away with the new Lifehouse CD, the new Kate Bush CDs, and the new Sinead O'Connor. The only one I've heard all the way through is Kate Bush (btw - 100wordspermin, you can have Aerial once I've loaded it into iTunes) and I know it's good. And even if the others aren't great, well, they're free.
Okay, it's now time for me to start scanning, printing, and moving a ton of files and media. I'm probably going to be at/near my computer for the next few days. Get it out of my system before I have limited access, right?