Almost There

I'm packing for Europe right now. Actually, that's false. I'm packing for a week in London and Ireland, 10 days in Portland, a week in Hawaii, and another week or so in Portland. In one carry on.

AM I CRAZY? Probably. I think I'll ship a box of shorts to mom tomorrow morning before my flight so that I don't have to pack those for Europe. And the dress for Billy and Lucia's wedding. Everything else will have to go in the pretty, blue suitcase.

Here's hoping I make it.

Final countdown

So I leave in exactly 6 days, and I had to check the calendar because I wasn't sure how many days there are between now and June 4th. What does this say about me? If you guessed that I am NOT prepared to leave, you are correct! I still have to re-organize my belongings in storage, pack what I think I'll need for a month of teaching/interviews/training/craziness, and get all of my other crap staged to move when I get back. This is really just too overwhelming. As for the clothes, what I wear this weekend at the Lake (woo!) will be minimal, and what I wear next week will comprise of jeans and t-shirts. That will keep washing down, and I can pack pretty much everything else. Speaking of packing, how does one pack hangers? I know that I'll need them, I just don't know how to pack them. Any gems of wisdom would be appreciated.

So that list I made about the things I want to do while still in Oregon??? I don't think I've done one thing. Maybe I'll talk Wyeth into stopping and doing some wine tasting on our way to Spokane tonight. That will cross at least one item off my list. But I think that my relaxing and spending time with friends totally beats anything on that list. And it's not like I'll never return to Oregon and Crater Lake will probably be around for a couple more millenia, so what's the rush???

Alrighty, my mom wants to me type up a press release about my Teach For America position for the local paper. God I love being from a small town!

Cheers!