packing?

it's official. i've packed my first bag of stuff for going home. i'm sending stuff home with my dad, because there's not a chance in hell i'd be able to get all of my stuff home on my own. how did this happen? when i came over here, i had one large suitcase and a medium-sized travel bag. ridiculous.

and yes, i know, i don't actually leave for another two months, but a lot of things have happened in the past couple of weeks that just make me think i'm ready to go home--at least for a little while!! school has been great. i've done lots of traveling. it's not that life is particularly difficult at the moment or anything. i'm just kind of ready to be done. or really it's just that i'm ready to be done living here. the disappearing kitchen utensils, the spider situation, random comments that have been made. i've just kind of reached my limit. there are definitely some things i will not miss about this place...

and definitely some things i will. but i don't have to start missing them yet. i've still got time... =) the anticipatory grieving phase hasn't begun yet--unless you count dreams, which i don't.

if you're wondering why i'm thinking about all of this already when it's only may, and i don't fly home until july, well, it's just that i have about 6 weeks left 'til i'm done teaching, and of those, the next two or three weeks are going to be chaotic and full of travels. (we have another of these delightful little school holidays that i don't really understand but definitely appreciate!!) after that i only have 3 weeks of school left... followed by a week or two of some traveling and then i'm out of here... crazy. so yeah, that's why. don't worry, i didn't all of a sudden get organized and on top of things =)