Catching a Bug

I caught a bug. Saturday night. I've been waiting, and hoping to catch this bug for some time now. As I think of the next few months, I know that without this bug, I'm not going to make it.

Perhaps part of the reason I caught this bug is because BA found out Friday that he passed boards- only part 4 boards left in May left to go:) Friday was a great day. Now, though, it's time to get serious and pack! Thank goodness I got the packing/cleaning bug!

Today, I started packing. I took apart 3 bookshelves, packed books, organized, looked at all that's left, and now I'm trying to get that bug to come back.

While I was packing, I was listening to my most favorite musical soundtrack- "Wicked". I love the music! "For Good" came on and I got emotional thinking about all the people I've met here that I won't ever see again. Sure, I'll keep in touch with some, but there are people who I've looked up to and learned from, that I will never meet again in this life. How sad!

And it's not a good omen that I'm getting emotional about leaving and I still have a little over 2 months!!

To end my post, I'm leaving the words to this great song. And if you are reading this, you're probably one of these people to me:) (my favorite parts I bolded and I also excluded parts that were duplicated)

(I just figured out how to put music on blogger! You can listen to this while you read:)
I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you...

Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good

(Elphaba):
It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend...

Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you

(Elphaba):
And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the things I've done you blame me for

(Glinda):
But then, I guess we know
There's blame to share

(Both):
And none of it seems to matter anymore

(Both):
Who can say if I've been
Changed for the better?
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better

(Glinda):
And because I knew you...

(Elphaba):
Because I knew you...

(Both):
Because I knew you...
I have been changed for good...