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Just sitting at the airport...

It's ironic that I'm blogging right now, just a tad funny I suppose since I'm about to embark on another adventure without updating about my last adventures...

In any case, I'm about to board a plane to Vegas. Thats right Baby, vivaaaaa las vegassss. My first but hopefully not my last trip here. As I'm getting used to traveling, I feel that I become less and less anxious... Packing doesn't take me as long and anxiety doesn't hurt me as much.... But then again im only talking about traveling domestically. No amount of domestic traveling can possible prepare me for traveling to Paris, Seoul, or Kathmandu.

Speaking of anxiety, I took my French final today. A few weeks ago I decided to take the class pass no pass (meaning I had to have a 75% or greater for a pass, I believe) and although I doubted my decision, I sure didn't today. I've been studying for this exam several hours a day and yet I still could not come to grips with it and FEEL prepared. I've been nauseous and had to force myself to eat at least one meal per day, things just wouldn't go down and refused to stay down. All in all, it's been a bad week for my health. Not sure if my scale is broken, but if it isn't, I lost 5 pounds in one week, which is all bad.

Side note, my flight was supposed to leave at 740 but I will be waiting until 840.... This is the 6th time in a 24-hour period that southwest has changed its mind about this flight. Where is the transparency???? What's going on????


T-minus 9 days now..... Before i must put my French skills to the test.... So what will I do in the interim you ask?
August 10-13 Vegas
August 13-15 Los Angeles
August 15 Catching a flight back to Oakland and pack and grab dinner
August 16 Moving out of the summer sublet
August 16-18 Prepare to leave
August 19 It's D-day!!!

By the way, if you are interested in sending me off, let me know! I would love the tearful and joyful goodbye :)


Another side note/ question: why is so easy to talk to strangers but so difficult to talk to people you actually know? The conundrums of life indeed. 

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