Book Reports, Freak-outs, &c.

Ah, it is officially Tuesday and therefore 22 days until I leave the country. It is also the day of the Ohio Primary, but that really takes second, well third, burner to the countdown and my large amount of homework that remains. All that stands between me and moving home/packing is:

1 English Tutorial paper
4 French Tutorial papers
1 Book Review for Me Talk Pretty One Day and A Year in Provence
1 English Final Paper prospectus
156182647125 (7) letters to the libraries in France I need to visit
1 Final French paper on Aliénor d'Aquitaine
1 Final English paper on a subject that still needs to be determined.
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Approximate Page Total Remaining: 37
Already Accrued Page Total For Quarter: 70(ish)

What a waste of paper my life is.

Anyways. Not the point of this entry.

Point is: I'm beginning to freak out a little about leaving. Mostly subconciously (i.e. wacky Frenchified dreams), but still a bit nervous about leaving for 5 months. It's an interesting juxtaposition of feelings—being un peu terrified and being more excited than I've ever been. Everything that happens to me nowadays unavoidably has one of several thoughts appended to it: "The next time ______ happens, I'll be in France," "Only x more times of _____ and I'll be done and leaving for France" etc etc... you get the drift.

Now, if only I'd stop having terrifying dreams where no one understands my French and I wake up in a panic. I could live without those. Oh well, I suppose in 22 days those dreams, like my countdowns, will inexorably come to an end.