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days til i leave. a blend of excitement, nervousness, all kinds of feelings. sometimes i think 'why exactly did i want to do this?' other times, 'this is what i have dreamed of doing for so long.' whew. boots are broken in. i think i have everything i need, save a compression stuff sack for my sleeping bag and i leash for my sunglasses. wow. 14 more days.

hope cannot be said to exist,
nor can it be said not to exist.
it is just like the roads across the earth.
for actually there were no roads to begin with,
but when many people pass one way a road is made. - lu hsun, 1921