Day -11

I realized my last list of things to get done weren't all that great at keeping me busy, so I had Alyssa come up with a new list of five goals for me to accomplish.

They are as follows:
1. Clean up my room by unpacking and organizing stuff I don't need until next fall, and getting rid of anything I don't want any more (I've unpacked what needed to be unpacked and I got rid of a lot of crap I don't need any more, but it's still not looking very clean...)
2. Ride my bike 22 miles round trip (I only made it 19, but I should do this in the next couple days)
3. Learn to play a new song on the piano
4. Cook a meal including the dessert (I'm thinking about cooking ribs and making a pie from scratch, it shall be wonderful)
5. Draw Alyssa a picture =)

I still have a ways to go on these, but at least I've got something to accomplish.

As far as my other goals go, here's how they turned out:
1) Clean my room (Not quite clean, but it's getting there)
2) Clean/vacuum my car
3) Secure my job for when I get back (I did find out I get to work a preseason pool rental on the 8th, and I've been helping train new lifeguards the past couple days and we had our first preseason meeting tonight, things are going great)
4) Email Sue Jackson
5) Fix my laptop screen (I was planning on just buying a new screen, but my parents found a really nice laptop on sale and convinced me that it would be better to just get a new one rather than try fixing a three year old one, sweet)
6) Ride my bike
7) Get a haircut (Just got it done today, it's the shortest I've had it in sooo long)
8) Read up on Chile
9) Talk to past students about studying in Chile (Thank goodness for this one)
10) Be productive (More or less..)

I also went camping for the first time since the summer after my freshman year of high school this past weekend. My dad and I went to Clear Lake near White Pass. It was very pretty, and nice to have time to relax and not feel bad about not doing anything all day. I'll probably post pictures on facebook soon.

I suppose I should start watching Spanish TV or reading the Chilean newspaper online since I'm leaving in less than two weeks...it's funny how fast you can forget something after having just taken an entire semester's worth of it. The closer I get to leaving, the more excited and nervous I get at the same time. And I know I shouldn't already be looking forward to coming home, but it means being with Alyssa again =) Boy do I miss that girl...

Well I feel like I sincerely wasted my time updating this. I don't know why I do since I'm not even gone yet, and more importantly, since I haven't even shared the link with anyone. Oh well, I guess I just wanted to see how I actually did with my last set of goals. 8.5/10 (.5 for getting my room unpacked, just not cleaned) not too shabby.

Enjoy the wind.