So, I recently received my departure date and time. That really starts to make the trip true... My flight is June 22 at 6:30am. Wow, early.

I've been busy trying to wrap things up in preparation for moving. I'm working on an article (or two) that are due to be published before December: Second Language Phonological Development in Adults; and then something about student motivation. Another thing I'm working on is getting my independent study project approved for August through December. I'm going to be looking into salvery's impact on the Dominican Republic today, specifically on their government. AND I haven't even unpacked from when I moved home from the apartment yet.

My going away party is on Saturday this week. It should be a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to having my friends and family around and of course I'm looking forward to cooking for people. I'm making my friend Nicole's pork and Kristi will be bringing her amazing sugar cookies.

This past weekend I spent with my friend Gina and her family. Gina and I went to Lacrosse for the evening. We ate at Buzzard Billies; I had craw fish and alligator. Num num (or if you're Jason, it's like I ate the contents of a swamp), alligator tastes like chewy chicken. Then we went down to the river and came back up and had ice cream at The Pearl. It's a cutesy old ice cream parlor. Saying goodbye to Gina's family in the morning was hard. I love her family! They're such free spirits and very accepting of everyone.