last day of work

ahhhh!
4 days from RIGHT NOW i will be on a plane to australia. 4 days!! gah!

and today is my last da of work - i won't be back for the summer (secret joy...heehee) and i probably won't even set foot in the oiffice again untill NEXT x-mas break. that's just madness. ah well, at least i get a nice lunch before i go. and then i get delicious dinners for the rest of my nights in NJ.

so i (brilliantly) backed into Quinn's car the other day, just rolled on out of the garrage strait into her back passenger-side pannel. its a nice dent but the car still runs fine and its an old car with several other bumps and dings in it but i still felt bad for being so careless about it and offered to pay for the repairs. scott and i had dinner with her parents on sunday night (and they are so great, really nice people) and when i tried to bring it up they just kinda brushed it off. i had to call them last night to get it sorted before i left the country and i talked to mrs conners... and she doesn't want me to do ANYTHING about it. nothing. that is just amazing, they were just so kind. Quinn will be getting a very nice graduation present from me!

working late on my last day, what else is new haha. they've got a project going out monday and its nowhere near ready. we have essentailly 3 new people working here, one is a temp, one is the new front-desk lady, and the other is a high school student i'm training to do production - so much fun!

tomorrow starts the madness of pre-departure, and here is my list, as per usual...
-get sunglasses from eye docs
-pick up last Rx
-pick up dry cleaning
-see how things fit in bags - more organization!
-find DVD case full of DVDs... debate if i should take it :D
-update itunes and ipod(and charge it!)
-pack carry-on to see how it all fits
-more???

less than 2 weeks...

so my bed is being used as an organizational tool for my packing and i'm sleeping in the guest bedroom... probably untill i leave haha. turns out i will be able to take more than i thought i could cuz i'm a master packer. and having it all alid out on my bed will help me NOT forget anything (shipping is expensive!!) still a lot going on and a lot to get done but its all essentially under control.

still to do
get Rx
buy another swim suit (i left one in breck i'm sooo mad at myself for that)
call american express store for the aus$$$
deposit all checks
put together carry-on
pick up dry cleaning and alterations
review packing lists...

more later i suppose

And so it begins.... or continues... or something

so last night i started packing. yes i know i still have 2 and a hlaf weeks left but its a BIG DEAL and if i didn't start soon and take inventory i'd be pretty skrewed. i had to move 3 suit cases out of my room before i could start (leaving only 3 in there haha) and did a bunch of laundry so ahhhh!

things to buy....soon
swim suit
comfy pants
razor refills
feminine products
underwear and socks (mine are SO OLD)
memory stick for photos

still to pack...
pair of jeans
PJs
slippers
contacts and solution
underwears
sun screen
and narrow down the shirts i want to bring... i don't need THAT many

in carry-on...
computer and external (with all associated cords and plugs)
camera and batteries
meds and associated paperwork
paperwork (especially tickets, visa, phone #s)
books
ipod
game boy + games
pasport/wallet and $$$
portable allarm
toiletries
-tooth brush/paste
-brush
-deoderant
change of underwear and shirt (must freshen up!)

more later

PS I would just like to say that miss Melanie Daniels makes my day and i love her :)

ummmmm distraction

things to talk to mom about
meds - i can only take 3 months worth with me of ANYTHING and i need generic names for all of them to claim at costoms. send them to me maybe?

insurance - do i need more coverage than their plan gives me? traveler's insurance for europe?

when can we go shopping for.... lugage locks and voltage converters and eye-covers and an extra camera memory card or rape stick for pics.... should i wait to buy sheets and towels until i'm out there?

$$$$$$$$$

which lugage should i be taking? (then i can actually start laying out things i will need)

when i need to ship my lugage home (from australia or germany, as the case may be...), it will be expensive.... any ideas? would she be willing to pay for at least part of it? maybe?

DO VISA TONIGHT!! CALL KATIE!!!

set allarm or something to get paperwork from the guys at SSI so i can scuba (it expires in a months time so the later i get it the better)

OMGZZZZ
so bird and i just decided that when we do our europe trip, we're going to do the british isles and then fly over to see eastern europe, ending in greece, and thena boat over to the boot of italy and fly home from rome. and yes this will really happen because we found out that life is so much more fun when you do what you plan to/want to do. and we've gotten better at going through with our plans (like the spring break visits and such) so even though we have to wait to set a date for this trip, it will happen as soon as i know about grad school and moneys. wow i love travel. i think when i'm older and have a good paying job (assuming also that i have massive amounts of free time and vacation time) that i won't spend $$$ on nice things like a big house or fancy car or big TV, i'll just live humbly and travel EVERYWHERE (with awesome people). that would make me happy.

things that need to be done....

Meds:
-yasmine ---perscription on the way
-sparinolactone ---perscription on the way
-zovorax ---perscription on the way
-meclezine ---check date and take what i have
-contacts !!! call eye docs...
-dentist appt set up already

Paperwork:
-scuba forms ---DONE
-student visa ---online application ready to complete... do soon!!
-hostle discount card ---call katie!!!

things to buy and do:
-voltage converter
-money belt
-traveling visa card
-australian bank account
-pictures (hard coppies, move things off hard drive...)
-send out mass email
-update my musica
-look up skype
-buy euro rail pass from katie
-eye cover for the plane
-laptop bag???
-lugage locks

Packing:
to be annother entry completely....

For the benefit of those who are bored

So i know i don't leave for like a month, but i was bored enough to create this blog, and soon will be bored enough to send out the mass email with the link to it (to just about every person i know) SO i'm gonna just give a quick and dirty summary of what this blog will cover :)

I leave the country Feb 4th (not to return untill Aug.... OMGZ!!) and will arive in Brisbane the 6th (yea... i lose a day haha). My Orientation with IFSA-butler will last about 4 days there and then we will travel up to Townsville campus of James Cook. (insert entier semester of fun.) Then my program will end in late June and i will fly from Sydney to Frankfurt, Germany, and train over to Munich to stay with miss melanie :) then the entier month of July will be spent traveling europe. I will meet up with Brandon and the itinerary for now is this....

Ampsterdam
Berlin
Prauge
Munich
Rothenburg (then back to munich)
Vennice
Sienna
Florence
Sorrento
Rome
Cinque Terre
Barcelona
Paris

Then i'll be home in NJ for about a week or 2 (sleeping most of it away most likely) and then its back to CSU. now i have to get back to working so i have $$$$ when i get to europe.... :p

frist post....still in the states

just setting up :)