Ice Cream, Packing, Paper Chains and Goodbyes

Well, that's it. I've just gotten home from my last outing with my amazing Danish friend, Louise. We went to get some ice cream (Well, it's actually frozen custard, and yes, there is a difference. Frozen custard is so much better, and if you haven't had it, consider yourself deprived!) from a local eatery. It's kind of ironic that the last thing we did together was also one of the first things we did together. She has honestly become one of my best friends. It's amazing to think that I found someone who is so similar to me and who I get along with so well, and she's from halfway around the globe. What are the odds we'd have ever met under other circumstances? I think the only thing that's keeping me from being too sad about saying goodbye is that I might get to visit her while I'm in Germany. My fingers are crossed that it works out!

My paper chain that's counting down the days is getting so short! There are only 22 links left. It seems like only yesterday the chain was so long it wrapped around my bed, across the wall, and still had a lot dangling from the end! I'm so happy I have such an early departure!

Tomorrow marks my three-week point. Three weeks from tomorrow, I will be on my way to Washington, DC for the CBYX orientation. I'm really excited to meet up with the other CBYXers! I can't wait to find out who among those of us who were at my PDO have also gotten the scholarship (I'm still kicking myself for not being better at remembering names!). From there, it's off to my language camp in Bad Lobenstein with 9 other Americans. I'm so looking forward to meeting the other exchangers!

Tomorrow, I think I'm going to start doing a bit of packing. I want to make sure everything will fit. Plus, I want to see exactly how much I'm planning on packing. I'm going to pack everything I know I want to bring with me. Things I will probably still need to use will stay unpacked. I figure this will give me plenty of time to figure out just what I really need to bring, and how I'm going to arrange it and make it all fit. It should be fun!

Also, Louise made the comment today that this will probably be the shortest summer of my life. The Orientation and Language Camp will be basically like school. I'll have 4 hours of language training and 2 hours of orientation trainging, Monday through Friday. So, basically, I start school again on July 22nd (or maybe the 23rd, I'm not too sure how that will work out).

So, yeah, that's basically all I have to say for now. Soon, I'll be making my July "List of Events." It will be the last one before I start my adventure!

Bis später!