Preparations/Coughing Fits

So I have been shopping my brains out in order to prepare for both my trip to India and for the Christmas holiday.  I have also been coughing up a lung and trying to squeeze in various goodbye hugs.  I'm going to the doctor tomorrow to hopefully get some cough medicine with codeine so that I can sleep (and the rest of the house can too).  In other news, I have recently discovered that my acid green suitcase will not be large enough to fit my packing list.  A pathetic test run proved this immediately.  Fortunately, my lovely grandmother has offered to lend me her larger suitcase.  The swap will go down in New York on Sunday at 3:00pm behind the shed next to where the old willow tree used to be.   I'll be bringing my cronies.  

I have become accustomed to that feeling of not really knowing what I'm doing, but at least I'm doing something.  I am also feeling very bad about messing up everyone's holiday and making all my loved ones worried about me.  I do feel in my heart that everything will be fine, and I will be back before they all know it.   Fortunately, my dad is on his way home with some Cumberland House of Pizza on his passenger seat, and my mouth is already watering.  I am looking forward to spending the next week with my family and friends, and preparing myself to embark on this journey to India.