wow, it's been a crazy month. a lot has happened and there's more to come before the week is out.

here's the update: i leave on Sunday and not a goddamn thing is packed yet. mind you, it's all laid out and there. I just need to buy a few more things and I'll be all ready to start packing for real. Right now, spread out across the living room, it doesn't look like much, but we'll see how quickly it turns to 80 lbs.

I've schooled myself on shortwave radios, camping mattress pads, Tevas, cotton clothes and many other things. I'm sure when I get there, though, half of all this worry won't even matter and everything will work out fine. What I should be doing is working on my French. Yikes. A dear friend of mine was kind enough to record some stuff in French for me because my ear for French has deteriorated (and actually never really existed in the first place). Oh well, it's gonna have to ressurect itself in a few days!

I gotta keep up with this hectic week, so I'll end this post here.


P.S. have you seen Akeelah and the Bee? Awesome.