T minus 9 days

Well, looks like that is indeed my home for the next 10 months (the other month I'll be living in Göttingen for the language camp when I first arrive). After several emails between the AFS woman and myself it was basically put as "here's where you are, sorry but this is what you're getting."

Le sigh

Oh well, I'm trying to be optomistic about it. I'm looking at a swim team that's about 15-20 miles away. A bit of a commute, but at least that will be another place to go/more people to meet/less time spent in the middle of nowhere. I am excited about going. Packing, on the other hand, is a very stressful task. Oh my. We get a carry on and a suitcase which cannot exceed 44lbs. WTF?! I could understand if this was a Congress of Bundestag (CBYX) limit, but no, it's an AFS limit. The other subgroups were allowed to take the standard international flight limit of 2 suitcases. I find this completely unfair. When I asked the woman on the conference call about it (M. Stotts is her name) she did not address my question but rather stated "Think hard about what you pack!" I now refer to her kindly as "Stottsy the Nazi".

I leave in 9 days. Holy Scheisse. There's so much to do, mainly so many people to see. As much as I absolutely hate this god forsaken town (and I do, I bitch about it quite often), I will miss some of the peoeple. And as for my college applications. hah, I told myself that I would do them all over the summer. Yeah... Not so much. I printed out 3 and sent away for the 4th so I'll take them with me and do them in Germany. Oh well. I'm just trying to make the most of my last week here. This post is becoming pointless and I'm rambling. It's time for bed.

I shall return.