It's just about time.

These are the final days. Today I went to my last classes, took a final, wrote my last Spanish essay, and got summoned for jury duty. Yeah, that one isn't going to work out. Tomorrow both my Dad and brother are in town and I take ONE LAST TEST.

This is crazy.

Then it's fun in the sun and more packing leading up to GRADUATION on Saturday.

My last day in Eugene. Then I fly:

 

wish me luck!

State College on Monday, and SHANGHAI CHINA in two weeks (August 25th!).

A quick preview of my plans:

I get to Shanghai on August 26th after a 14hr flight from Chicago. I will get picked up at the airport by my company and be taken to the hotel where we are staying for a week of orientation. I will meet some of my fellow newbie teachers and reunite with my UofO friends. That week will be orientation to the program, the education system, and the city. Well, as much as you can orient yourself in a week in a city of 24,000,000. Yikes!

I will get help finding a place and move in with two friends.  Next week, school starts! As of now, I don't know who or where I will be teaching. And so the year will begin. Classes run Mon-Fri with possible Saturday classes. We get lots of little holidays and All of February off for Chinese New Year!

I want to hear from all of you so email me, skype me, post on here, or write me a letter if you're really ambitious. Even better, come visit!
I'm going to miss Eugene, miss Oregon, miss everyone and everything that is a constant comfort in my life. But I'm so ready. So ready for something new, something challenging, something that will make me evolve.
So farewell, USA. I'll be back in a few years..