So Much Stuff!

Can you believe I got all this stuff to take?!?!  Well, if you know me at all then it's not too hard to believe.  And this is just the stuff for the center!  Not pictured are my clothes, shoes, towels, sheets, hair necessities, and everything else that I need to survive for three months.  Yikes!!!

What's in this picture?  Let me list some of the stuff....books, paintbrushes, sharpies, markers, pens, dry erase markers, pencils, puzzles, scrapbook paper, feathers, recorders, Chutes and Ladders, cotton balls, pipe cleaners, balloons, pompoms, coloring books, jump ropes, sun catchers, whoopee cushions (they're kids, they'll love them!), paint, hair clips, headphones, colored napkins, bulletin board boarders, fun scissors, regular scissors, sticky tack, paint-by-colors, googly eyes, hand sanitizer, stickers, paper letters, velcro, glue sticks, hot glue gun, hot glue sticks, tops, hooks for the wall, spinner games and probably some other things I'm forgetting.  I went a little crazy at the store and I don't even care!!!

I'm in the process of getting this all into suitcases.  I can already tell I'm going to look like an idiot at the airport lugging these heavy suitcases around....

6 more days!!!!!

Black Friday and Peru

I know I shouldn't post twice in one day but I am going to.  That's the great thing about being in charge of the blog...I can do what I want.

I'll admit, I did some Black Friday shopping.  But I had a purpose and only bought the one thing I needed.  That's will-power right there.  Although the store only sold outdoor recreation equipment that I wouldn't use enough to actually purchase so it wasn't too much of a battle.

I bought myself a pair of Chacos for Peru!  They were 50% off so they ended up about $50.  An investment since I normally don't spend more than $15 on shoes (unless they're running shoes) but a deal none-the-less.  I was surprised at how many people were there at 5:00 this morning.  It's just the outdoor store on campus and they didn't really advertise the sale.  I didn't get the exact pair I wanted but that's okay.

I was extremely productive after returning from the shoe excursion and cleaned and organized for two hours, until 7:30.  Later this morning I finished my countdown to Peru chain.  Look how short it is.  That's a month and a half!  I wrote a bunch of words on each link that I need to learn (and remember) each day.  Time is flying and I'm not quite sure how I feel about that yet.