June 20, 2006 (1:21 AM)

I have finally started packing for my trip and man am I tired! I don't know what's come over me lately because usually I would've packed like a month ago literally at the latest. I used to get super excited about going on trips and would pack like a month to 2 months in advance even if i meant living out of my suitcase for 2 months, lol. Oh well. All of my clothes are packed as well as my carry-on. Now, it's just those last minute items that I have to worry about. I'm pretty sure that I forgot like a brush or toothbrush or something because I always seem to. Anywho, that's it in terms of my trip for now. I can't believe that in a little more than 2 days, I will be on a plane to Europe!!! WOW this is soooo exciting! This is where I go off topic and talk about the death of my Jr. High music teacher, Mr. Hatanaka.

I hung out w/Ado & Roupen tonight. Here, I talk about Ado telling us that she's marrying Mike later in the year. So, we hung out, had some good times, and then left. It kind of made me realize how this week is going to be a week of goodbyes because I'm leaving this week. I got kind of sad (actually, I got REALLY sad) after like, the 5th goodbye hug from Ado, but I made sure to tell her and Roupen that I loved them and that I would e-mail them and send them postcards I only managed to send Ado a postcard and never sent one to Roupen : (. But yeah, this whole week (up until Thursday) I will be saying goodbye to people for longer than I ever have before. I said goodbye to my sister on Sunday because I won't see her until August (possibly the last weekend in July). I've never gone that long without seeing her before so that should be interesting (the truth is I was missing her already). I will also be saying goodbyes to people tomorrow night because Travis is having a little get-together at his place so yeah, there's that whole group. Wednesday night I'm saying goodbye to Henry, Jodi, the kids, and my dad because he's leaving early Thursday morning to go to a church conference so he won't be there when I leave. I actually ended up having to move my car for him the next morning so I got to say goodbye to him then. Then there's the big goodbyes on Thursday to Mom and Mollie (and a goodbye to Papa as well). Those two (Mom and Mollie) will probably be the hardest because it's my MOM and dog-who-is -practially-like-my-child. I just hope that I can get through this week without any sobbing or having to use tissues (and I'm proud to say that I didn't although I was surprised that my mom wasn't going to be at the house when I left, I had to say goodbye to her standing in the kitchen as she left for work that morning). But I guess I should have them on me just in case. Anyway, that's what my week's been like so far. Toodles!

P.S. I have to fit in a goodbye to Mario somewhere. Probably tomorrow during the day or Wednesday for sure. Possibly even Thursday if I have time. K, I'm done!