IBAAW

Thirty-one hours from now I will be leaving my home for nine months.

I've never been away from my parents for longer than four days.

I've slept in the same bed since I was two years old.

I've lived in the same city for ten years.

I've lived in the same house for five.

I am really not as prepared as I should be. I haven't even accomplished most of my summer goals, let alone become the well-rounded person I wanted to be when I left. I'm still... the same. Other than my haircolour, not much has changed since the end of August.

I'm glad I was able to "talk" to Sophie a bit these last few weeks. It's slightly more reassuring to have someone you kind of "know" out there, if only through twenty-one questions-like e-mails and MSN conversations. Especially since, judging by the answers to those questions, we have so much in common!

I've had a few people contact me about being on the same flight, which is exciting. Yesterday, I got my official transportation package at last. Luggage tags and all. I have a white hat to sew my Katimavik badge on to. Receiving that little envelope was like... like it sealed the deal, you know? I think, secretly, in the back of my mind, I kept feeling like if it never came, I would never leave. Well, now I am leaving. I know that I'm leaving. It doesn't mean this sick feeling is going to go away though.

I got my hair trimmed a bit yesterday. It pretty much looks the same. My mom said it's "too short." But it looks exactly the same.

Ugh, I just got a call from my dad that I have a dentist appointment at 8am tomorrow morning. Ew. Number one, I hate the dentist, and number two, I don't really want to be at the dentist for my last morning at home. It's soooooo stupid.

Now I'm angry.

Stupid mood swings.

Hmmmm.... I'm hungry, but before I can eat, I should probably get to the good-bye part.

I don't know when I'll be able to write next, since I don't know what kind of access I'll have to a computer. So... I guess this is good-bye or see you soon or a bientot until then!!!

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