Preparations

It seems that I've lived the last few weeks in a perpetual state of unbelief.  First I couldn't believe that I had been at Princeton for nearly an entire year.  Then I couldn't believe that it was already time to come home for the summer.  Now I can't believe that in less than 96 hours I'll be in a plane crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time in my life, on my way to grand adventures in parts unknown.  I also can't believe the amount of STUFF that I brought back from Princeton!!  I must have acquired a lot during the year because I don't remember the van being as full as it was coming up when Mom brought me down in the fall.  That was also interesting, having about 2.5 rooms of stuff in my room at home.  Somehow I managed to make it so that I could still get to my bed and sleep, but just barely.  So obviously my first priority was to unpack, but in typical me style, unpacking also involved cleaning and reorganizing my entire room.  Thus, three days and a great deal of work later, I am almost unpacked and ready to re=pack for my adventures in Serbia and Russia.  Also typical me, I have 35 things to do today and trying to do them all at once is helping me get none of them done quickly.  For instance, I began writing this blog entry at least an hour ago with the idea that since it was my first, it would also be grand and inspiring.  But I quickly got distracted by all of the other things I need to do to get ready for Russia, so that idea has gone out the window.  So much for that.  So now I will go for a bike ride with my mother, probably the last that I will enjoy until August, and leave the rest of my musings for another time.