TEN DAYS!!!

Finally. I have been waiting for half my life for this moment. Granted, it has only been about two and a half weeks since I had to change my call, but since all my friends have been in class for about three weeks, and summer camp ended over a month ago, I’ve felt useless and impatient for centuries. To my surprise, the temptation to give up this whole venture and just get a job for the semester was stronger than I had thought it would be. I was doing nothing at home, other than watching television, writing blog posts and journal entries, and sleeping. Being dead weight is not a pleasant situation and I was anxious to be out of here and on a plane to the tropics.

Having my wisdom teeth out was an indescribable experience. I laid in that chair for hours. (I really need to work on my perception of time, because it was about an hour and a half in total.) They numbed my gums to begin and then proceeded to inject enough freezing poison into my mouth that a hippopotamus would have passed out. Good thing that I have the pain tolerance of a whale shark. I writhed in the chair and moaned with artistic passion until everything was sensationally invisible. Then I watched as pliers the size of branch clippers yanked four of my precious teeth out of my head.

Lies - it wasn't that bad and the dentist did such a good job that I was eating almost regular food by the next evening.

I got new glasses and cut off my waist-length, blonde hair. I was ready to go.

AND THEN THE TICKET CAME!

We got word that my visa would be ready to go in about five days and that it was safe to buy a plane ticket with no worries that I would have to cancel it. So, I signed the contract to be the kindergarten teacher and Mom handed me my ticket. I will be flying out of Canada on October 6 and beginning my new life in ten days!