Two sleeps until my final final.
They've been ok so far - the first was a bit dire (I may have wanted to write an apology after the second essay I did...) but the second was much better with one essay I adored. Just one left! I keep repeating the end is in sight but the end just means...
Three sleeps until my parents arrive (and leave again)
For the seventh time my trooper parents are travelling over to Cardiff to collect (three of the times were dropping off) all my stuff. They're taking the overnight ferry from Belfast to Liverpool on Friday night so they should be with me by 11am on Saturday. They're going home the same night so will leave Cardiff again by 3pm at the latest. So, we've around four hours to do a Mary-Poppins'-bag job on a Ford Focus (that has acquired rented roof bars).
This means that when I leave my exam at 3.30 on Friday I have to pack up all my stuff. Want to join a packing party on Friday night? It will be hoppin'. So far I've just packed up my kitchen stuff - I find it's more stressful trying to figure out what to pack when you start early so I'm just doing it all in one go. My housemate Becca has been exam free since last Friday so will be helping (the other two aren't here - Jo left Cardiff today after finishing her last exam! And Gwen still hasn't started hers and is studying at home).
Five more sleeps in Cardiff
This one is a little sad. Although, really, I can't think about it much because of all else that is going on. I am so grateful for all that Cardiff has been for me (and that I'm sure is a blog post of the future) and while I will be sad to leave I am so excited for new adventures.. Not to mention the nightly game of battleships I have to play on the kitchen floor to avoid slugs... Gr-oss.
Five sleeps until Chicago!
Have I mentioned this before? I'm off to Chicago to stand with one of my best friends, Julianne, as she marries her best friend. I leave Cardiff for Heathrow on a 9.45am coach. I'll get on an American Airlines' plane at 5.10pm and nine hours later I'll get off it at 8.10pm. I'm not sure how much my body will love me for that one. So I'll spend a week in Chicago and the place where the wedding will take place on June 11th in Illinois. On 12th I'll travel down to Connecticut to spend just under a week with Anna and her family.
I am excited to see these amazing two women again.
And I am so excited for rest. My to-do lists have multiplied and become more OCD. Yes, it was possible.. there may have been a diagram with tops on the right and bottoms on the left with lines connecting those that matched so I know I am packing the right things for America! Because whatever isn't going to America has to be in that car heading up to Liverpool on Saturday!
And my body has made it very clear that I am too busy. Today, I forget to rinse the conditioner out of my hair (I didn't miss a bit - I missed all of it!). I will be busy for some of my summer - I land back in Dublin and have around 6 weeks to do a 140 hour TEFL course (and I'm away for one of those weeks). But I'm sure post-finals I'll be better with to-do lists and I will re-find time to devour the many books I have on that ever-growing Amazon wishlist!
So, around here might be quiet for a while (aside from a possible mammoth link post!). I am taking paper to America and I have many ideas that I want to write about and I'll throw them up here when I get back... in between planning lessons and getting lost in books.
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