Last Days in the U.S.

This blog is going to track my experience as an ESL teacher in the Sarapiqui Rainforest of Costa Rica for the next six months as well as any other adventures I might have along the way. It is still hard to believe that this is really happening as I scramble to pack everything I need into two 50 pound suitcases while trying not to forget anything. Who knows what I will actually be glad I brought and what I will wish I left at home - and what I did end up leaving at home that I need. Right now, however, it still seems like a vague, abstract problem. Yet in only four more days it will become real and I will be on my way to realizing some of my biggest ambitions in life: living in another country, being an ESL teacher, and becoming fluent in another language. Here goes nothing.