The day before departure

The past week has been crazy to say the least! I finished up in Chinook on the 21st and it was very bittersweet.  I had such a great group of students and they all made it so hard to leave.  At the same time Australia is an adventure and opportunity that I just can't pass up.  I am glad that I got to be in Chinook for all the homecoming activities!

Between Chinook and Australia I have had about two weeks off but those two weeks have been far from relaxing.  I have been working on (more like freaking out about) my teacher work sample and packing.  Holy packing! I have packed and repacked numerous times and still have two very overweight suitcases.  What can I say....I am such a girl.  I went from Havre to Bozeman to Helena and the finally to California and I fly out tomorrow! We drove all night on Saturday and got to Pismo Beach at 11 am on Sunday.  While here I decided to sneak in one more adventure and I went Rockfishing with my dad today.  We were up at 4 am and at the docks by 5.  We spent 6 hours on the ocean and I caught the first and largest fish between the two of us.  But my luck ran out early and all I snagged were 3 fish and a nasty sunburn on my face which looks a lot like my Ray Bans.  So I am headed to Australia looking like a dork, with a Ray Ban suntan line.

Well final packing to do and the next post that I will be doing will be in Australia!