Scared

Tonight I am coming back to this blog in the middle of WAY too many things! :) It feels like I never have enough time to do everything, and yet I find myself bored and taking on more things. It's the procrastinator in me. So now that I am down to 9 (I say 8, I can't count the day I leave!) days, I find myself with a rather large list of things still needed to be addressed. Things like.....acquiring some Indian Rupees (is that even how you spell it?!), wrapping gifts for friends/family who will have birthdays while I am gone, and putting leather protector on the new walking sandals I bought. (Ok, well....mom bought them for me :)) I also have to stack my ipod with all the songs I am sure I will miss listening to while there.....who knows!? I might need an extra hit of Elton John one day, and Regina Spektor the next!

I said goodbye today to the family I have been nannying for.... I will miss them a lot. All those sticky fingers and screams of "I have to go potty" have endeared themselves to my heart to the point where I know I will miss them like phantom pains when one loses a limb. I'll miss the dimpled smiles.......the half-hearted attempts at the alphabet, ending with "j,k,l....I love you!!!!"........reading some of my childhood favorites and keeping them spellbound....

*Sigh. :) But it is a good goodbye. Maybe that's why they call it "GOODbye," because if you are taking the time and making the effort to say it, it is good. Good for your soul.
The next chapter awaits....only a few more sentences to finish this one off, and I can apprehensively turn the next page.....