not long now
well school goes back tomorrow, which makes it exactly 5 days until i leave. 4 really, considering that we are driving to brisbane on friday, so i only have 4 days left in yeppoon. things are getting pretty close now, and in some ways i feel like it still hasn't hit me that i'm leaving, and in other ways it feels like everything is very final. i keep thinking things like 'this might be the last time i see the sunset in yeppoon' or 'this might be the last time i go to the keppel bay plaza,' in a way that seems like i will have no life after my exchange, and completely disregarding the fact that i am coming back, and so of course will see the sunset and go to the k.b.p. again. silly me.
this week, as i have told some of you, i have felt like i have been on an emotional rollercoaster. there have been many very happy moments, and also many rather sad moments, lots of laughter, and also some tears. the good news was that sage is back from canada! hooray and welcome back sagie, we all missed you. so i have spent a fair bit of time with him, however, after the happy socializing was over, i kept getting very sad, and couldn't stop thinking about the fact that i am leaving and will be lonely and not get to see all the people i love. so i end up in tears. however, in a break from the norm of the last week, today i woke up happy and excited to go, rather than sad and scared. perhaps that was because i had a dream about the actual flight, maybe because it is now inside a week, or maybe just because i slept really well cos it wasn't as hot. who knows. the point is that i am still feeling sad, but not AS sad, and rather a lot more excited and eager to go.
so this week i have a hell of a lot to do, but hopefully that will be easier since many people (including my sister) will be at school (making the house less full of disruptions and distractions, not that i don't like your distractions naomi, but there is work to be done). packing is of great importance, but so is saying goodbye to and spending as much time as possible with my wonderful friends and family. so if i don't get a chance to see or speak to you all, know that i love you and will miss you and will be thinking of you a lot. :)
perhaps the thing of most importance, learning italian, will not happen much this week, as it hasn't happened much in the past weeks. as christie said today, there is always the plane ;). this of course is not my motto, but simply a reality, and since packing and seeing people cannot possibly be done on the plane, i think that perhaps it will get last priority, even though it perhaps deserves first.
and with everything there is to do, i am most looking foward to the sand sculpting on australia day. it will be great fun, and a lovely opportunity to see everybody for the last time :)
well, i'm tired so i'll end this
have fun those of you going back to school, in a way i am jealous,
and have a great australia day everybody
love ellen
posted by Ellen of Taranganba @ 8:44 PM
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