Preparations

I have just over two weeks left at work. I've gotten my vaccinations and paid my last month of rent. I sent in the check for my fee and reserved my plane ticket.

I guess this is actually happening.

It's surreal how quickly May came and went. I still need to desperately and urgently take care of my student loans, although it is NOT an easy process to get them deferred, especially for someone as epically bad at financial stuff as myself.

I'm also trying to observe some ESL classes at Arcadia but keep playing phone tag with people there.

In a week from tomorrow I'm having a picnic for family/friends at my parent's house and I'm going to cook nasi goreng and satay. We'll see how that goes...could be a complete disaster. I'd like to get to an Asian market to try to find some Indonesian ingredients. There's one not far away. BUT.

BUT my car broke down last week. OF COURSE. It couldn't just last one more month. I haven't heard yet what the problem is and how expensive it'll be. Hopefully they fix it soon and cheaply. But on the other hand I should be getting used to not having a car, I suppose. It's going to be public transport for me in Indonesia. Especially since it doesn't seem like I'll be learning to ride a bike anytime soon. Nobody I know has one and I am definitely not buying a bike just to have it for a month so I can learn to ride.

Studying the language is (I think) going pretty well. I have a copy of Rosetta Stone but I don't really like it that much. I prefer my all audio Pimsleur CDS. However, the further along I get with Pimsleur, the more convinced I become that its target audience is lonely American businessmen trying to get a lady to get drunk and go home with them. The only food/drink I know how to ask for is either wine or beer. At either "your place" or "the hotel". It's...interesting. Especially considering that alcohol is not a huge part of Indonesian culture, being a Muslim country.

That's it for now I guess.