Two days and counting.
Today I had a lot of errands to run around campus, mostly involving an error with my financial aid check (eek!). It was weird–I feel like I’m from a foreign country. It’s the first day of class here at UT and everyone’s bustling around, and I’m just floating through, completely uninvolved. And in two days I will be completely uninvolved and thousands of miles away. Especially when those cowboy preachers tried to shove a little green Bible down my throat.
I never thought I’d say this, but I’m nostalgic. I’m going to miss Austin. I’m going to miss UT–yes, the institution I’ve complained so much about for the last three years. It’s been hard, but it’s been good. This is a good place for me. I wouldn’t recommend the life of a working student to just anyone, but I feel like I’ve reaped some rich rewards from my experiences.
Wandered practically lost around REI and Academy yesterday–I find you get the best service when you introduce yourself to the salesperson as: “Hi, I don’t know what I’m doing.” But with some struggles and wanderings through a veritable labyrinth of running shorts, camping gear for pets, and fancy water bottles, I found everything I needed. I’m just not sure how to USE it all, but I guess that’s what orientation is for.
Going to the dentist today because my socket may be a dry socket–I don’t think it’s a true one, though, because it just doesn’t hurt that badly. Still, I wouldn’t recommend getting wisdom tooth removal a week before travel.
Today is a sort of “Last Supper” with people, since tomorrow night James and I are celebrating 1 year a little early (and a little abbreviated–I have to leave for the airport at around 3:30AM). Then I need to go souvenir shopping for gifts to bring my homestay family. I figure anything they can display in their home would be a safe bet.
À tout d’ailleurs!
