So today is officially my last day in the USA. I woke up this morning feelings really excited but also sad. I am leaving my family and friends that I love and they have been very supportive to me. I don't want to leave them. However, being able to see China and get to meet my co-workers is going to be great! The next two years I will learn about the language and the culture not to mention work with cute first graders! The conflicting emotions between sadness and joy has my stomach in knots. It got even a little crazier.
Let me tell you, today was a roller coaster of emotion. My firm sent my passport and visa yesterday and overnight shipped it so it was going to be here today. I was refreshing the tracking page like crazy and a weird thing happened. The day changed from August 24th to August 25th. Naturally I did what anyone else would and FREAKED OUT. I am leaving for my plane tonight, what was I supposed to do? I called FedEx and this nice lady named Desiree listened to me calmly freak out and told me that I could pick it up. Thank the stars my sister was in Lincoln today and picked up the package at the FedEx store (who is now on my list). No idea why they didn't just ship it to York. According to the tracker it was in Lincoln at 11:30 am so they had all day to send it to York and just didn't. Naturally I went from scared, to anxious, to happiness. So to my sister, Bless Your Soul.
After that my friend Skyler wrote this lovely message on Instagram about how she was going to miss me. The tears were being held back. She asked what messaging apps I was going to use and I remembered I should do that. I set up a WeChat account. My dad and I figured out Skype last night. For some reason Facetime and WhatsApp aren't working on my tablet or ipod so I will download those once I get a Chinese phone.
After that my dad asked about selling my car. I set up a buyer who is supposed to come next Wednesday. My dad asked if I had signed the title. Crickets were chirping.
"Is that the same as the registration?"
"The pink slip? No. It's the title."
"Oh, no I didn't sign it and I have no idea where it is."
Thankfully my dad had it on file and I signed it so it could be sold.
So now it is just waiting to leave. I have all my stuff packed up. Got my documents. Now I am off to finish a TV show before I leave. See you on the other side!
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