Only one week before I leave Grand Rapids, never to return again! I'm being dramatic, I will be back to pack up my stuff. One week, yet I have so much left to do! Those of you fortunate enough to spend time with me over the past few weeks know that I have been uncharacteristically preoccupied. Thanks to all of you for putting up with me, I know it hasn't been easy.
Everything is finally starting to come together. After finishing up my job (or at least the real one) I have had the time and focus to figure out the messier details of leaving the States for 27 months. I hate having to deal with finances and the like, but unfortunately that is how I have spent the past week.
Basically the only thing left to take care of is packing. Yikes! Those of you who went to France with me, or helped me pack for France, know what a difficult task I have ahead of me. I say "ahead" of me because I have yet to get to it. For the past three years, my room has really only been a landing pad, because of this I have accumulated a lot of crap; crap that I now need to sift through. I do have some piles of stuff to pack floating around the room: stuff to take with me next week, stuff to have shipped to me in August as soon as I have a permanent location, stuff to have shipped to me closer to winter, and stuff to have shipped to me for another summer. Did I go a little overboard? Probably, but that's how I roll. Speaking of packing, thanks to all of my friends and family who have generously pitched in to help me acquire some of the pricier items on my packing list. I appreciate it more than I can express. You are all amazing!!
I'm nursing quite the sinus infection, so that's about all I can muster right now. More to come soon!
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