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I cannot believe I’m leaving tonight.

This year has been such a whirlwind, and it comes to a close unbelievably soon. I know I’m not leaving it all behind – there’s no way I could leave and not take it with me (in clothes, especially!), but I know that I will be coming back, as soon as I can afford it. My words can’t capture how I’m feeling right now (as I’m pretty sure they couldn’t when I was readying myself to leave at this time one year ago), so instead, here’s what I’ve been up to:

After Kristin left at the end of June, my friend, and former JSC volunteer, Noah, came through Mumbai for a couple of days, which were also my last at the office.

Last Gan Katan class

I had a goodbye party with some friends, and then I went away for a couple of days to Lonavla, a hill station outside of the city.

Friends and food

Some of the girls

Now, I’m taking care of a bunch of logistics (mostly, getting the cat from India to the U.S.! What a pain! More on that soon…), and I’m trying to figure out how to stuff a year’s worth of things into two suitcases. I’ve done so successfully so far, but there are still a few more things left to squeeze in, and I’m pretty sure that my bags are going to be overweight. That and the cat are leaving me anxious about going to the airport, in addition, of course, to my worries and sadness about leaving India after such an important year.

Bo tried to help me pack

I need to stop now before I get ahead of myself and lose my words because my feelings are too much for language (if that makes sense)… I’ll try to update again before the flight, but otherwise, I’ll see you all in the U.S.

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