Leaving Friday

So today is Wednesday and I'm leaving Friday. That means I have very, very little time left in the states. I'm starting to get a little panicky about that. I talked to Heather (one of the women who is going on the trip, and the only one in my session that I would really know at all) and that calmed me down a bit. It was nice to talk with someone else who was going and to hear their excitement about it. It also made me terribly nervous though because I couldn't help thinking how much more prepared than me she sounded and what an experienced traveler she was. I've driven into Mexico with my ex-boyfriend before, she's flown to Europe and been left without a single person to come pick her up or who she could get in contact with. (Of course she did travel with someone and I'm traveling there by myself so it's a little different, but I still feel kind of lame having never even been on an international flight before.) Her flight arrives after mine so we decided worst case scenario, I just hang out in the airport and wait to meet up with her when she arrives. That made me feel better. Still she has all her shit in line. She knows exactly what she is taking and just has to move her folded clothing pile from its designated area into her suitcase. She has a pair of hiking boots for when we go to the rain forest, a rain jacket, and she has determined that she is taking her computer and is armed with a list of reasons why. I still only have a general idea of what clothes I need to bring. I have never owned hiking boots or a rain jacket, and I keep getting contradicting information about bring a computer (if it's advised, if I'll be in need of one, if I'll even really want it) so I have no idea what I'm doing about that. I thought I had at least decided to leave my computer here, since electricity is suppose to be so expensive in Costa Rica and it is so uncertain how much internet access we will actually have. The institute is suppose to have computers with internet access available to us, so I thought I had decided to just take my chances and try to use those as much as possible. Now after talking to Heather, I'm not so sure. Aaaaah. I have all of these decisions to make and I need to be all packed and ready to go within a day or so!