Counting down the days

26 days. Wow.

Matt leaves tomorrow. Makes it feel like I'm seconds away from leaving myself. Though, with all I have to do, between wrapping up my thesis, getting my apartment packed, stored, and cleaned, and making the final preperations for my departure, it might as well be seconds. I'm jealous of him. Wish I could just pack my pack and leave. It's so stressful having so much to take care of before I can start hiking.

Buuut, the closer it gets, the more crazy excited I get. Matt's leaving, and I'm leaving shortly thereafter, and the more days that pass by, the more real it becomes. I'm still in denial, mind you, and probably will be until I hike into my first town, but it's becoming more apparent that this is something real that's about to happen. For both of us.

He's going to read this, so I feel a little weird and corny saying this, but I'm excited we're both going to experience this adventure this summer. Even though we aren't hiking together, it'll be nice when I get back, and someone close to me is on the same kind of hiking high that I'll be on. Will be nice to have that outlet, and hopefully will make the transition back to "normal" life a little smoother.

Stay tuned for some thesis postings soon :)