Start 3

16 Days until all of us from Legacy depart from home and go to the capital. It's less than 3 weeks away, close to 2 weeks actually :) and it hasn't hit me yet. My exchange student leaves in 2 weeks, I leave my beloved post 5 (tv/news group at WRAL) in the hands of the vice presidents for most of summer, finals are this week and I haven't had the time or energy to think about them yet. All that's on my mind is going to Morocco. Do I have enough clothing, do I need to make any more skirts, do I have the right shoes, what gifts should I bring to my host family(!!!), What books should I put on the tablet, it just goes on and on. And on. Tonight is a North Carolina NSLI-Y meeting and I can't wait! This trip is one of the few times I feel like I actually truly deserve it happening. I base so many things in life off of luck but this I worked hard for and yes, there's luck involved, but not as much as usual. A week or two ago I did a test in Arabic on Skype with someone and it was scheduled for 8pm, I thought it would be in EST but it was Moroccan...  totally unprepared when he asked me to get on Skype earlier (at that point I didn't even have a Skype set up) but it went okay. I answered all I could and said la arif or asif quite a bit but overall I guess it went well :)