Almost done

Well, i have just over a week left in my village. To be honest, it is kind of surreal. I am starting to go through the "this is the last time I will ever have lunch at this persons house"... or "this is the last time I will ever take this bus ride from Amman back to my village". I am truly ready to get home but I just cant believe that this signifigant experience in my life is coming to a close. The group of friends that I have made here has really changed my life. I am lucky that two that I am close to live in the bay area (in fact, Gilbert and I are on the same flight from Paris to Atlanta...then he's going to LA for a while)... but I can't believe that after another week, I am not sure when I will see some of the others again. Kind of hard to wrap my mind around.
But it is time for us to go. I have done 4 training workshops with the new group of volunteers and they are all eager and ready to go. I wont find out which one will be assigned to my center until the 10th, but all of them are very experienced.
So I'm here in my village till the morning of the 13th and then up to Amman for the last two days of bloodwork and paperwork and so forth.... and then home on the morning of the 16th.
I am coming home to a very busy time. I have two great friends that have offered to let me stay with them my first year home so I will be at my mom's until Sept 1st and then down to San Ramon. And I will be busy with the start of college, start of work, and getting ready for Erin's wedding! I'm a little nervous to jump headfirst back into all of this... because i know I'm not the same person I am when I left for Jordan and I am not sure how I am going to readjust with relationships, friendships and so forth but I am sure it will all work out in time.

Can't wait to see all of you