Getting It All Together

I have only two weeks to go and the packing has commenced. Off to REI today to get hiking socks and hopefully a wind/waterproof jacket for the winter weather. A few other odds and ends, and I think my backpack will be ready to be filled. I am packing up everything else for storage, so my room is full of piles and boxes. Feels a little hectic trying to take care of last minute to-do's, but in a exhilarating way. Once it is all done, I will be traveling another part of the world! Makes all the nuttiness worth it. I am making an 'itinerary' of places I definitely would like to go to while in New Zealand and am reading up on farms. I have to find my first host farm soon and am anxious to see how it works out. My goal is to start e-mailing places in the next two days. It's a bit of an adrenaline rush to not know what my first site may be! I am looking forward to meeting them already, whoever they may be.