In which things are packed

Tomorrow, at approximately 7:30 am, I will be launched across the Pacific Ocean, and land (hopefully) on the island of Oahu. That's the plan. And hopefully, I will also have most of my worldly belongings, minus a closet of wool coats and sweaters and snowboots and scarves and mittens and hats, all of which, I'm told, I won't need on Hawaii.

I will try to post pictures once I get a new USB cable for my camera. The first few weeks over there will be spent in teacher training, but I'm not moving into our condo until around Aug. 15, so I'm not sure how connected I will be for a while.

Thanks to everyone for their well-wishes  and prayers. I'm excited about Hawaii - mostly, I'm excited about being there and not just talking  about it. My flight leaves early and I hatehatehate packing, so it could be a long night of staring at my suitcases and wishing I could pack my bags like  Merlin in The Sword in the Stone.

 
Barring that, I'm going to get back to work. It's been strange. I catch myself thinking of Hawaii as this foreign country with absolutely NO modern conveniences, and so of course I need to pack absolutely everything for absolutely every occasion. Then I remember that it  is indeed part of the United States and a  very touristy part at that, with things like Costco and Starbucks. Still, I do want to avoid buying much over there since it's so expensive, but I have to remind myself that amenities like soap with in fact be readily available.

I'm also a little off-kilter because I just got back from a weekend in Moscow, ID. Oh boy. I had such a good time and got to spend time with some of my favorite people, which is what Moscow is all about. It's also one of the last times it's going to feel that way because everyone is leaving at the end of the summer. So, yes, it was good to be back. But, no, I'm not really that sad that I graduated. I thought maybe I would get all weepy and want to return to the warm embrace of higher education, but I'm really ok with not having another year. I'm really ok with being graduated. I still want to go to grad school. I'll keep my undergraduate diploma, though, thank you very much, and be on my way.

I'll try to post things, and if you want, you could read them. No pressure, though.

Hoping I won't end up all Life  of Pi.

 
If you haven't read it, btw, you should.

LW