1 week...

in exactly 1 week I'll be at staging in Philadelphia...wow. I'm scared, nervous, sad, excited, thrilled, anxious, happy, and excited all at the same time.

wow...

July 1st is just around the corner...crazy.  Over the next two weeks the vast majority of "goodbyes" will occur and I'm getting nervous.  I did a test pack of all my gear last week, and I'm 10 lbs. over the limit so this week I'll mess with different luggage and weed out what I don't think I'll really need.  Worst case scenario:  I take my over weight limit bags to Philly with me and see if anyone else has some extra room in their bags or I just pay the extra $$ at the airport.  No big deal, just annoying.  

My freakouts are becoming almost daily, but not as bad as expected. I can usually calm down if I call a good friend and have a good long chat.  Anyone getting these??? I've decided to mentally  break up my PC term into 6 month blocks.  For now, I'm just going to focus on the time between now and January 2009.  At that point I'll start to focus on the next six months, and so on, and so on.  As many friends and family members have told me, it's much easier to look at something in small pieces rather than the whole.   Very true.

I keep reminding myself when I get overwhelmed with the 26 month time period and worrying that I'm missing out on something back home that I'm still ridiculously young and it will all be here when I get home.  When my service is up I'll only be 23 and NYC will still be its wonderful self with all its wonderful people waiting for me...