One Week!!

Only one week to go! I can't believe it. I have reached the point where inside my head is screaming, "What were you thinking?!?!?" I mean, I am going to the other side of the world where I will know nobody and if I don't like it, I'm stuck there for five months, sooo....yeah.

However, a few more things have fallen into place in the past week. My passport arrived (when I was trying on my bathing suit for Anna...luckily, she answered the door). And my visa is in there as well, so that is all set! I received my international student ID card (fancy), in case I need any medical or dental care. I also have coverage for accidental disembowelment. Unfortunately, you only get the full benefit if you die, lose both legs, both hands, both eyes, or a combination of two. Only 50% of the benefit if you lose a singular leg, hand and eye. Darn.

Yesterday, Dad and I took the bus up to NYC to go see Tosca at the Met (yay!). Although I enjoyed the opera and the food, I still have no love for the city in general...good thing I'm moving to one next week. Hopefully it will be a little less crowded and dirty...for sure I will not have to worry about dirty snow all over the place.

This week will mostly be spent saying all my goodbyes and fitting in the last week of work at the coffee shop and at UMBC. Anna has made a bucket list for us to complete this week, including Grilled Cheese & Co., Tutti Fruitti, baking, and oreo milkshakes (Anna: "It's all food, but I'm never hungry." Well, that could pose a slight problem.) Dad and I are flying to LA on Mon. the 7th and then my flight leaves for Auckland on Wed. 2/9 at 10pm. So my next update may be a bit delayed seeing as Sunday will be my last day on the East Coast.

And now what you've all been waiting for...a famous sheep joke that has been a big hit in my family ever since we lived in England:
What do you get when you mix a sheep with a kangaroo? A WOOLLY JUMPER!
...I think it was the only worthwhile joke in a very large book that David got one year for some occasion and regularly regaled us with its contents. If anyone else has any good ones, feel free to pass them along :)