Less that 48 hours away

I can't believe it's so close!  It just doesn't feel real.  Last year I was very excited, scared, and anxious for the trip.  This year I'm excited, however somewhat apathetic.  I guess it's to be somewhat expected since it's not a completely new adventure.  It really just feels like another date on the calendar.  Still, I'm starting to get more excited as the clock ticks away...

I've verified my placements and the schedule in the previous post is correct.  I've been in contact with lots of people about this summer: Anna, Kathryn, Rodion, counselors, kids, and my new co-counselor at Rebyachka.  I'm placed with Jo, a girl from the UK.  It's definitely going to be an experience at Rebyachka this year since Jo doesn't speak any Russian.  It's pretty much going to be a complete role reversal from last year!

Finally purchased the last items on my list yesterday and now have all of my gifts and crafts squared away for camp.  I'm almost finished learning the new dance to teach the kids: Bye Bye Bye by Nsync.  It's going to be good :-).  I finally started packing things up last night.  We bought one of those digital weight checkers for suitcases and it's amazing.  I found out that all of our medium-sized suitcases weigh 10 lbs!  It really does suck that the case is 20% of my allowed weight limit :-(.

I think I'm looking at this trip as more of a photographic journey.  I know what to expect and I know what I'm going to be doing.  There's not as much guesswork as last year.  Heck, the first week in Kiev is pretty much all photographic!  I want to challenge myself to portray Russians in a different light (no photographic pun intended).  Many people think that Russia is cold all year (it's not) and that the people themselves are cold.  Fun fact: they're not.  To strangers they are, but their soul is full of warmth.  I want to try and capture that this year.  It'll be a fun project.