i'm stuffed. with my maid's home-cooked dinner. it's sad coz she's been with us 8 years and she's leaving shortly after i leave for Mich, so i won't be seeing her any longer. just a couple more days.
the $1 ice cream uncle drove by today in his van and i had that wafer ice cream. yummy. i got the last chocolate one.

i'm starting to get the jitters now. before i was all excited and jumpy but now i'm just freaked. long overdue i'd say. but i just think of the 4 long years before i come back and by then i'll be freaking 23! it may as well be 30. i know the first couple of years will be fun. seeing how the sophs are planning out orientation activities and hanging out. but once you're a junior, it's just work i think. not to mention most of my batchmates will be finishing off in 3 years and i'll be one of the pathetic few left behind for another year. =_=;

didn't meet my toufu today after all. it was supposed to be a 12noon appointment but i couldn't finish my packing and i know my mom would flip if i said i was going out again so i suggested tea at 3 or 4 instead. but by then i still had a frightful amount of stuff to clear. it's gonna be lunch tomorrow at 1pm instead. i just hope i don't mess up my sister's plans. i've hardly spoken to her all week. even my bro-in-law is saying that i should spend some time with her.

got a minor nosebleed today. mom says it's coz i haven't been sleeping enough. i really should turn in early tonight. if i can just get all the stuff i was meaning to pack off my bed.

had my last driving lesson today. at least it'll be the last unless i intend to fix another tomorrow which i don't intend to. i've covered everything until parking. there just isn't enough time.

i'm debating over whether i should pack a 2nd teddy bear into my bag(don't gawk at me!)
my bro-in-law i amazed at the amount of luggage i have. it's four times the amount he had when he went to the states for a year. actually i'm amazed too. i think i'm the freshie with the most luggage. coz i'm not flying alone and coz i packed for winter. and everything which i thought i'd use at least once went in. i did practise more discretion in packing compared to when i went to SH. but it's still a lot of stuff.

gonna buzz off now.

i can't seem to go below 10 pairs of shoes. thing is, i have a perfectly logical reason for every pair that i think is necessary to bring.
let's not even get near the clothes section. and there's miscellaneous items. things which you gotta bring and thins which you can't seem to think of bringing but certainly need. and my momwants me to bring everything that i need so i won't buy anything.

technically i think i may have brought less clothes than when i went to Shanghai coz then i shipped my stuff. but this round, seeing that my dad won't be living there with me, i've got to cary a kettle and an iron and the works. and after i carry 4 luggages there, i don't know how i'll bring them back next year.
maybe they'll invent teleporting by then. *grimaces*

and i really want to meet my toufu tomorrow. since i haven't seen her all this while. but my mom gets furiously angry everytime i leave the house coz the packing's way behind time. urgh.

i'm going to sleep now. i still have driving tomorrow. but i won't be able to learn parking.

my goal is to sleep before 1am.

and i will come up with an inventory of things that i'm bringing to UM.
and i will somehow reduce the number of bags for use from about 10 to 7.
and i will try to being about 7 pairs of shoes max.

i will pack the toiletries, cosmetics and miscellaneous items even though i detest it.
i shan't bother resolving about limiting my expenditure for now. until i fly anyhow.
i will only getmy denims when i go over.

i will not play too much at markley.
i will master that directional change real quick tomorrow.

darn i can't keep the very first goal anymore. coz my Jiaotong friend came online. groan.

i pulled a double session for driving today. in a bid to rush my syllabus. i'm beat. and my packing is turning out to be nothing short of a disaster. i loathe packing to begin with, and avoiding it is not making it any easier.

but i suppose i really have to get down to it tonight. and i suppose i'm bordering on a massive headache. with less than 6 days to go, my mind's a whirl.

off now.

i'm so tired. and yet i can't fine time enough to sleep before 1am every night. but i so desperately need the sleep. and i need time to pack and stuff. how i wish i had 30 hours or more a day.

i feel about as energetic as a dead fish. certain things which i have been putting off coz i thought there was sufficient time are becoming rather pressing issues. and last-minute appointments keep popping up, making me feel rather stretched and tired. i'd love to curl up and sleep in.
unfortunately, in my bid to maximise time, i've gone and fixed early morning driving lessons.

one week. that's all i've got. and there's loads of stuff to do.

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