August already?!

I can't believe it's August. Time has been so strange this past year- slow when I wanted it to go faster and fast when I wanted it to go slower. My exchange used to seem so far away, and it still hasn't hit me, completely. I'm leaving this month. THIS MONTH. At this point I think I will be leaving somewhere around the 24th, but I don't know anything for sure. My vaccinations are mostly complete, I just have to take some pills that vaccinate against Typhoid. I ordered a new camera and an adapter, I have my suitcases and most of the gifts that I'm going to bring. These next couple of weeks are just going to be saying good bye, packing and making sure everything is in order. It's weird that I'm getting ready to leave but I don't know when it is exactly that I'm leaving. I've started a packing list that I add to whenever I think of something else I should bring with me. I have no idea how I'll be able to fit everything in the luggage I'm allowed to bring, although I don't know what airline I'm flying with yet, so I don't know luggage restrictions.

At this point, I'm practicing my Spanish more and more (it still kinda really sucks) and I just can't wait to leave. It's so strange to think that in 3 weeks I will be in Argentina and won't be coming home for a year. I'm not going to be going to WDPHS, I'll be going to Instituto Madre Sofía Bunge. I won't have classes in English, I'll have classes in Spanish. I won't be living with my family, I'll be living with the Gonzalezes. I won't be hanging out with the friends I've known forever, I'll meet new ones. Instead of a boring, familiar and cold year in Wisconsin, I'll have a year of experiences and memories and sights and sounds and smells that aren't even remotely close to any of the ones my family or friends have had.

I just can't wait for this year to start. I'll keep everyone posted on my departure info.

Nos vemos!
Micah