Leaving home... again

I'm pretty much all packed (after 2 days of packing during every moment that I was cabable of staying focused and motivated)... to my own surprise. And we're leaving in the later part of the morning. I'm so excited to go back to school, but I'm also kind of nervous. Everything is going to be so drastically different this year that it will be exciting as well as a little intimidating for me.

I think the hardest part about going tomorrow is leaving the community I have here at home. I love my friends at school, but there's just something about the group of families that I spend lots of time with here that is different because of the age range of experience and the fact that most of them have known me my whole life. I have always loved being with all of them when I am home... but this summer, it took on a whole new meaning for me. They knew about the things I was dealing with this summer and were even more supportive than I could have dreamed necessary. It was just a bigger blessing than I ever expected and now that I feel a deeper connection with them, I don't want to leave.

Okay, on a lighter note, the shelves in my room have now been dusted and updated and they look lovely. I'm very proud of myself. The only thing I didn't really get to was pulling out all my framed pictures and posters and putting them up on my big blank wall... sort of as a "Story of Michal's Life" -thing. Anyway, maybe that will be my Christmas project.