Packing

My new mantra is "I'm not bringing much to Greece." That's the only way I can stop myself from packing absolutely everything. All my stuff is lying out on my bed right now, and it looks like a lot already. I'm basically done, I just need to pick up a couple of things from Target (like sporty socks for walking around all the ancient ruins, and black t-shirts that won't get too dirty.) I've decided to bring my laptop computer with me to Greece; I'll just lock it up in the Athens apartment when we go to Lesbos. That way I'll be more inclined to stay in contact with people, upload more photos, and spend more time on homework (yay.) I've reached my $ummer earning goals, so that's fabulous. I'm almost done reading the first four chapters of Treadgold, now I just have to read Cameron and maybe learn some more Greek. "THen ksero ellenika poli kala." (I don't know Greek very well.) Kugler sent us a very reassuring e-mail regarding the fires that have been spreading down in the Peloponnese (see map), saying it's kind of spooky and the air gets very dense sometimes, but other than that we should be okay. Germany and other European Union countries are already helping out and sending water-dumping planes. More when we actually get there.

NOTE: I just found this out, it's important for everyone to know: Athens time is EIGHT (8) hours AHEAD of Central Time. So if it's noon in Minneapolis (10 a.m. in Portland, 1 p.m. in New York) then it's 8 p.m. in Athens. Easy enough, right?