T minus 28 days

28 days and I'm off! I can't believe it's so soon.
Most of the time I am really excited to live in China, teach, have my own apartment, use public transportation, etc. But every once in a while I get a little nervous. It's not a specific nervousness; I just get nervous about things in general. I guess specifically I am a little worried about getting all of my stuff into two suitcases/carrying those two suitcases through Chinese airports!
The language thing is hard, but I'm getting better. Tones sort of make sense to me now. And I learned to count to 10, which means I also learned to count to 99. In Chinese a number like 34 is said "san shi si" or "three ten four". So now I can [theoretically] buy something from a market...
I've sent out letters and received about a third of my money raised. I fashioned some "thank you" postcards yesterday. I need to finalize them, get them printed and start handing them out!
I only have two more doctor's appointments in August. (I'm trying to figure out what still needs to be done...) I bought some books (a grade book and others) and only need to buy travel supplies (passport holder) and toiletries (they don't sell deodorant in China).
Anyway, hopefully in a month I will have some interesting posts, that are about anything but deodorant! :)
Liz