Only 11 days before we take off…that is CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! These last couple weeks have been hard saying goodbye to people and I imagine the next week and a half will be even harder as I say goodbye to my close family and friends. There are a lot of people that I have said goodbye to that I will probably never see again. These are people that I would call friends but never developed a close connection with. I wish I would have made more of an effort to get to know some people better. I have grown up moving every two or three years so I have been conditioned to distance myself from people to ease the ultimate seperation. However, it’s hard to make a real difference in anybody’s life with this distancing. To everybody who this applies, I’m sorry for not making the effort to get to know you better. Thank you for being in my life…you have all taught me something, God bless you all.
I hope that during this trip God gives me the strength to connect more with people despite the knowledge that the relationship will probably be short-lived. Some people may only be in my life for a moment but in that moment I can still make a difference if I have a loving attitude.
Anyways, I have most of the stuff I need for my trip now. It’s hard to believe in 12 days Adam and I will be in Buenos Aires!
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Today is December 10th and that means we are one month away from our departure date of January 10th to Buenos Aires. I’m so excited I can barely stand it. I still have so much to do before I go, but things are coming along. As of today school has reached its climax for me. I took my last final today. Oddly enough it was in my Spanish class. I’m glad to learn at least a little bit of the language before I go diving in to the vast culture.
I still have to finish my paper for my astronomy class, but other than that I am free! Jordan will be done with school officially on Thursday and he can hardly wait. It’s weird to think that my academic career has reached a stopping point, such as it is. If you figure I’ve been in school since I was five years old and that I’m now 21 that mean at least 16 years of my life dedicated to school. There never seemed to be a set ending point in sight. You had high school and then your focus was set on college. You picked your classes, spent whole quarters immersed in the subject, took your exams, had a short break, and then started the whole process all over again. But now it’s suddenly done. There’s no more. School is over and I’m embarking on the longest summer vacation I never imagined I’d take, in January no less!
There still many things to take care of, but I’m slowly checking things off the list. Getting all my necessary medications and shots in order was a biggie. My typhoid pills are sitting at home in the fridge as we speak. Now I need to figure out what kind of backpack to take. And pack up my room…and buy Christmas presents for everyone…and make sure I have all my documents in order.
Oh yeah, and I still need to finish that blasted astronomy paper.
But tis the season for joy and celebration, and boy am I ready for it!
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