16 April 2011

24 Days: 3 weeks and change...

Preparations are underway.

Today I'm busy trying to finish off my final paper for Children's Traditions and Dramatics - due sometime in the bracket of next week...

Next week is our last week of classes, and I won't even have all my classes each day because some are already wrapping up! I've pretty much finished up my Christmas shopping, and now I just get to blow everything I have left on a trip to Ghanzi next weekend and a week on the town before exams start for me the first week of May.

I'm hard at work trying to kill off as many small containers of hygiene products as possible before I go so that I don't have to take them with me: mouthwash, face wash, chapstick, deodorant, toothpaste, hard candies, you name it.

The weird thing about going back is that you don't need to make a packing list, and you can't really start packing early because you need everything you have? But you can slowly start getting rid of things, going through your stuff, and making sure you won't be carrying anything extra in all that you have. I've got plenty of library books to turn in, and I've got a couple folders of papers that I ought to go through and clear out any unnecessary pieces from. There's things that I will probably give away, and others that I will suggest the International Office give to next semesters' international students. Digitally, I need to take pictures of things and places and people that I won't get to see anymore in 24 days.

I'm excited to go home and share my experiences with friends, family, et cetera. But I'm so sad to leave this place and these people that I've come to love. Lord knows I'm taking as much of it home with me as I can.

1 comment:

  1. It seems like you have been counting down for so long now! ;)

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