The week before I go back to school always goes by so quickly. I know I've said it a million times, but I really can't wait to be done with the traveling phase of my life. Plenty of people consider it a great adventure to travel and tell me how envious they are that I live this "international life" but I've always been more of a homebody sort. I take a lot of joy in the little mundane things of everyday life that I've missed out on over the last three years, especially with Danny. The level of happiness I will attain when we finally (finally) get our own place is almost unfathomable to me right now. The day when I no longer have the next moving deadline ahead of me, or when my friends and family don't have to ask "when do you go back?" will be a happy one indeed.

I've mentioned how there are so many things I want to do after I graduate (aside from the whole residency/career thing, heh); yesterday I got to do one of those things! Danny and I volunteered through his work to help out with the DC area Summer Special Olympics. The company he works for is a big sponsor of the event and provide many of the ridiculous number of volunteers. So yesterday we worked together as "delegation support" and helped the athletes from one particular school get to their events on time. The kids were awesome and the coaches were nice and really appreciative of our help. We had a great time being involved and even though Danny has helped out there before, I think he enjoyed himself even more because he got to be more involved than he has in years past. All in all a really rewarding experience. I can't wait to do more volunteer stuff :)

Anyway, I have more stuff I need to go through and pack. Unfortunately the weather is looking like rain on our way up on Friday/Saturday and I'm bringing a mattress and box-spring in the (open) bed of my truck, ugh. So logistics need to be happening too, but right now I'm just concerned with picking out what I need to bring and trying to get it together. Just a couple more days...