The stressed, scared, "I'm never gonna get all this done" phase

Well, tomorrow I leave for Scotland and the beginning of my long and exciting summer begins. It's almost seems like a new start for some reason, I don't know why. I am ready to travel a ridiculously long time (total of 24 hours) and then make it to what I have been promised is one of the most gorgeous landscapes ever. I can't wait to see the Highland cattle....the ones with long hair. I am ready for weird, awkward foods, and the tasting of what will probably be the best beer even though I won't think that it is. I am ready to take the leap across the pond. What I am not ready to do (and this happens every summer) is leave my family and my friends. As much as I complain about them all the time I don't know how I could have made it through life with out them.



I know I am only leaving for 10 days, it's almost like a vacation, but then after that I won't be able to go back to Fancy Farm till the good ol' picnic. This is the longest I have gone not seeing the town. It will be a total of 5 months. Not to mention missing the farm and the cows and the chickens and the canning and the garden...There is just so much I miss these summers. My favorite time on the farm is during the summer because that is the time when the babies are getting bigger and then the garden is planted and you eat some of the best foods, especially from all the church picnics.

In addition to feeling sad because I know I have to leave everyone for 3 months I also have so much to do before my plane takes off at 1:00 pm tomorrow. I still have to move out of my house...I'm in the process, it's just a more extensive process than I thought. I also have to make sure that stuff for Washington is loaded into my truck and my truck is secure. I have to make sure my research is complete by tonight and I have to make my 10 minute presentation that I am supposed to be giving in Scotland...that has to be finished by 6 pm tonight....lol.

Well, I am headed to all the things that I should be doing.