4 days

Hello all,

here is my very first post of what will hopefully be many. I'm honestly not sure how good about this blogging thing I will be, but hopefully I'll turn my crippling loneliness into hilarious prose.

To start off, I still have a lot to do before I go. I'm not even finished with finals and I'm already beginning to stress about the micro-aspects of the trip. "I haven't packed, what should I bring? I'll probably need at least two toothbrushes for all the time I'm there... will brushing my teeth with unboiled water make me sick? If I get sick will the host family take care of me? If I am sick can I still play with their dog?" All of these ridiculous chains of worry roll through my mind and push aside lesser things like my plans for the summer once I return or actually doing work on my finals/passing my classes.
I would have to say that my biggest problem is that planning and preparing provide me with an excellent way to procrastinate from working. I can bash my head against yet another indecipherable syntax problem, or facelessly rant and complain on my brand new blog!

Alright, I'm not going to continue this pseudo-post. I will be leaving in 4 days and unless something really exciting or important happens before then I won't be posting again until I'm in México. I just didn't want to start a new blog, tell folk about it, and then just have a blank page to greet them upon first visit.

Love you all (or at least a sizable majority),
-Connor