Time flies, huh? I’ve been spending the day saying goodbye to people and buying some last minute gifts. I’ll spend the remainder of the day packing, and then hanging out with friends tonight. My flight leaves Cape Town tomorrow evening at 5. I head to Oxford to visit a friend for a few days, and then over the Atlantic and back home.

As silly as this sounds, I don’t feel like I’m leaving. I feel like I’m going to be around next week, even as I deconstruct my living space and bid my new friends farewell. I’m so happy to have had this experience, and to have met so many people who have truly given me a new way of seeing my surroundings and my self.