One Week Left

So as surreal as it may seem to me right now, in one week I will be leaving for DC and from there I will be off to Senegal. I am gathering together the last of my things and later this week I'll do my best to pack everything up.

This weekend was the Ivy League Track and Field Championships (hepstrack.com) at Harvard, and I was lucky to have that chance to say goodbye to my friends and teammates before I left. It was also probably good for me to cement in my head the fact that I am not still in college, something I think I may not have really grasped yet. It was pretty wonderful to look back at what used to be my entire life just as I start a new chapter. It is certainly a world I will miss.

I was able to achieve one of my food objectives on Sunday (I'm trying to consume all the things I will miss while abroad) which was a nutella late. Yum! Still left on the list are McDonald's breakfast, a good milkshake and burger, sushi, Annie's mac and cheese with some broccoli, and a couple Chipotle burritos, among other things.* If you have any more food suggestions for me let me know!

To cap off my list of random topics for this entry, I wanted to give everyone my mailing address for the first two months in Senegal.

PCT Emily Mepham
Corps de la Paix
B.P. 299
Thies, Senegal
West Africa

                                                                                        photo courtesy of hepstrack.com


* If I have time to go down to Providence this week I'll definitely need an iced chai from Blue State, egg and cheese on wheat from BGO, a chicken ceasar wrap from East Side Pockets, Gate pizza with peppery parm on the side, slices from both Antonio's and Nice Slice (I can't take sides), and definitely short ribs from Mama Kim's.