The Countdown

I have 33 days until I am leaving for Paris, and I have a TON to do in those days! First, obviously, I have to get through the last week of classes and finals week. Second, since all of my electronic equipment seems to be failing me all at once, I have a lot of shopping to do.

As far as things to buy go...I made my biggest purchase, my plane ticket, yesterday. The next-biggest purchase would be a new laptop. I was kind of undecided as to whether or not I was going to do that, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to now. My current laptop has a dead battery and a new battery will cost $250 (because Dell sucks), which is more than a third of the cost of a new laptop. I don't want to take a laptop that can't run on battery power, because otherwise I'll have to keep it plugged into both an electrical converter and an outlet all the time, which would probably ruin my charger (which would cost another $200 to replace). So, I decided that I might as well just get a new laptop since mine is outdated and doesn't work all that well anyways. I also want to get a new iPod before I leave, because my current one also has no battery life...and I know I'm going to want my iPod battery to last more than a few hours when I'm flying over the Atlantic for eight hours.

Some of the other things I'm looking into buying are new Chucks (my black ones are kind of falling apart), a backpack for weekend trips around Europe, and a light waterproof jacket. Basically, I'm going to be spending a ton of money in order to go to France and spend a bunch more money. But I'm excited!

Riley =)