Right Now In Numbers

I just got home from my European vacation and I am so completely scattered it’s starting to become quite funny. It’s not so much the jet lag, because I’ve always been fairly good at getting over that. It’s the fact that I leave for China – for a year of study! – in five days that’s starting to freak me out. I would be freaking out before I left no matter how long I had to prepare for China since it’s an exciting yet daunting prospect, but… five days? If I pull this off, I’ll be Wonder Woman. (Or Travel Wonder Woman. Or Study Abroad Wonder Woman. Or whatever.)

Anyway. The above paragraph alone shows just how ramble-y my thoughts are, so I’ll condense the rest of this entry into bullets. I know there have been a lot of bulleted entries lately (and, unfortunately, I have plans for another bulleted entry tomorrow, but as it’s going to be a book review I think that’s acceptable) but I’ll try and pull things together around here soon.

• Hours I have been in the US since arriving from Europe: 5
• Days until I leave for China: 5 (repeating for good measure)
• Suitcases that I need to unpack… and then repack: 2
• Hours behind my internal clock is from US Central Time: 7
• Degrees it is in my house: 85F (the air conditioner broke)
• Fans there are in my house: 1 miniature one (currently in use to keep the water temperature cool for my brother’s salt water fish tank)
• Pairs of shoes I bought in Europe: 4 (I LOVE shoes)
• Weight that I gained (and need to lose) from my time in Europe: …a lot
• Unread entries in my feed reader: 271
• Days until my birthday: 4 (!!!)

Cross-posted from breakthesky.net. Please leave any comments there.