one week

My departure is nearing at an alarming rate and despite feeling like I've really made an effort to be as prepared as possible for leaving, I am beginning to realize just how much I still have to do!! I just know that I'm going to be figuring things out up until the last minute (aka-I'll be cramming everything into my backpack at 4 in the morning on the 17th). Seriously though, how can anyone really prepare for being gone for two years? I don't know if you can--Especially knowing that there is no real way to get it right. There is going to be things that I pack that I never use, and then there is going to be random stuff that I decided to leave behind that I'll wish I'd brought. It's all part of the adventure though, and I'll figure it out--I usually do. Anyway, I'm freaking out a little bit, but I just have to keep telling myself that it will work out somehow.