Ready, Set...Go?

8:15pm - Give up on finishing packing and run away to the ambulance barn to get an hour of doing nothing productive.  A huge win and much needed break from the day.

10:55pm- Finish packing carry-on (camping backpack) and take everything on a trial run.  I look like a pack mule...do not mess with me I will pummel you with my large backpack.

So here I am, all packed and ready to go.  Two mid-size bags to check, each 37lbs (yeah, I didn't max out the 80 lb. limit, no big deal) and one heavily packed camping backpack to carry on.  And here is what I've concluded from this extravaganza:
1) My mom is a packing guru...I have no idea how she did it and in so little time.  I could not have done it without her.

2) I am still in denial about leaving tomorrow.  This is not actually happening.  I'm not waking up in 5 hrs to take one of my last hot, running water showers and use a hair dryer and straightener for the last time.  Nope, it's all a dream, not really happening.

3) After lugging all this stuff around, I am going to be a small house.  Insanity workout, you ain't got nothing on Peace Corps luggage hauling.

And now, with those final thoughts, I'm off to continue watching my movie's download onto my computer (Hook, Heavyweight and Sweet Home Alabama....solid gold) and head off to bed to wake up in a few hours and embark on the adventure of a lifetime. Goodnight world!

T-4 days...

Everyone says it's important to have a blog.  Make sure you make a blog.  We want to follow your blog.  A blog will help you keep track of the next two years.  Yada, yada, yada.  So yes, I've made a blog and I will use it.  However, as a disclaimer to everyone out there who reads it...please remember these thoughts are my own and not those of the Peace Corps.