It's sinking in that I'm leaving my home for almost a whole year. I've never done that before, and neither has Nick. After going to China twice, at least I have learned to bring the things that will make my life easier right from the get-go: like plastic baggies, a water filter, spices/seasonings, silverware, bed sheets, etc. I made a list with categories, cause I'm a nerd.
I will still have to buy a LOT of stuff. eesh.
I should make a list of all the medical stuff i want done there, it will be so cheap!
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Waiting for August
This month has felt like a timeless abyss. I've spent most of my days this summer going to or skipping class, and then going to "work" (work-study is awesome) where I do nothing but either study or look at stuff online for 3 hours a day.I have only one month to go before heading to Taiwan and possibly there for 10 months. Thankfully, I have a friend in Taipei and the parents of a friend in Taichung that will help me get started. I may be sleeping on a blanket for a while before I can buy a bed for the place. Yeah, its gonna be a project for sure.
Right now I'm in the process of facing the fact that I need to lose some weight before I go to Taiwan, and possibly dye my hair a darker brown so I don't get so much attention. I'm also trying to get a tan (I am literally the whitest-skinned person I know). I've lost about 2 lbs in the past week just swimming frequently, so hopefully this plan works. It really sucked in China to be the fattest person in every shop or restaurant, with the whitest skin and light brown hair. There were always people who stared at me EVERYWHERE I went.
Nick (my bf) went to Chicago yesterday to work moving someone's stuff from their house in Water Valley to Chicago, and apparently had to parallel park a 24ft long truck. Poor him, he's gonna come right back to Oxford to start moving his own stuff next week. :O
So, I will see my sister in a week? and my grandparents in a week or so (around the same time my sister comes to visit? I'm confused), and then my friend Jacki just a week after that, and then head to Taipei a week after that with Nick. AH!
Right now I'm in the process of facing the fact that I need to lose some weight before I go to Taiwan, and possibly dye my hair a darker brown so I don't get so much attention. I'm also trying to get a tan (I am literally the whitest-skinned person I know). I've lost about 2 lbs in the past week just swimming frequently, so hopefully this plan works. It really sucked in China to be the fattest person in every shop or restaurant, with the whitest skin and light brown hair. There were always people who stared at me EVERYWHERE I went.
Nick (my bf) went to Chicago yesterday to work moving someone's stuff from their house in Water Valley to Chicago, and apparently had to parallel park a 24ft long truck. Poor him, he's gonna come right back to Oxford to start moving his own stuff next week. :O
So, I will see my sister in a week? and my grandparents in a week or so (around the same time my sister comes to visit? I'm confused), and then my friend Jacki just a week after that, and then head to Taipei a week after that with Nick. AH!
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