One week...

Well it's officially one week away from the time I will be landing in Los Angeles. I feel completely unprepared as far as packing and goodbyes goes. I have less than a week, now, to pack all my stuff, ship away the things that need to go ahead of time (guitar, etc), visit all the people I want to see before going, and well...packing is the biggest thing. I have a few commitments already, too, which makes it even more difficult to squeeze other things in.

I'm nervous. I'm also starting to realize that I'm actually leaving in a week, and that I will soon be in a place that is far away. And warmer.

I also have failed to keep up in my correspondence class - which I hoped to be done over a month ago. So now I have to send things back and forth from NZ, paying way more in postage than I would have had to here. And it also means bringing the class stuff with me when I meant to have it finished and leave it here.

So I feel like some of my time here has been wasted, but the Alternative this Sunday (youth church thing in Hamilton) is about not having regrets for lost time. So I will make sure I don't regret what I've done and not done while being here.

I think I'm, finally, officially ready to leave the country as far as legal and necessary documents goes. I went to get my OHIP coverage extended over 212 days out of the country (apparently it expires if you're out of province for a long time. ha! I didn't know this before I went to school in Calgary for 3 years) and so it seems that I have everything I need. Tickets. Passport. Visa. Health Coverage. Money (well, enough to get going). Tada!

So now I just need to feel emotionally and spiritually ready. Which I doubt will ever happen. I doubt if it's ever possible to feel ready for something like this. And if I did feel ready, I think that would be a scary thing.

Ok well up to my room to see what sorts of things need packing...yikes.

Toodles!