5 Days Left...Time to get down to business

So, there's less than a week left. Thankfully, I've been hanging out with a neighbor all week, so I've had plenty of distractions to keep me from freaking out...unfortunately that also means I've had plenty of distractions to keep me from being properly productive...

So now, it's time to pack! Thankfully, mom's a HUGE help with stuff like that. She's been making me bags to organize my stuff within my back pack, so I can just grab pjs, or underwear and socks, or whatever. However, I haven't actually started packing or figuring out what I want to go in each bag...so I need to do that...

Mom also made me a geology field bag that's big enough for my computer, a notebook, pencils, my testing kit, a water bottle, and whatever else I want/need with me in the field (technically including my rock hammer, but that's not coming to Europe with me) and fits on me just the way I like! It's awesome! I love it! And it's tough enough to withstand being brought into the field with me!

She also managed to find the perfect size of ziplock baggies for me for collecting samples! They're the PERFECT size! My boyfriend, Dustin (also a geology major at UWRF), and I simply freaked over them, because they're hard to find! At least for us. Mom makes it sound really easy and says it is...but not for us!

But, as of now, I've also had my first full-blown meltdown over being gone for a whole semester and being away from all my friends and family. So, I'm definitely nervous about that now. But I can do it! This semester's going to be amazing!