Andre + Packing = A Mess???

Alrighty so I'm back hone after an amazing four days and my next 5 post (!) will be dedicated to the time I spent at the Hispanic Youth Institute (HYI) Kick-off. This program has seriously altered who I am as a person and I am extremely happy that I was fortunate enough to go. The application process was more competitive than I had originally thought (200 spots for over 900 applicants) but I know that I was selected in order to experience what I did. Bear with me because these will be even longer posts than normal and are very detailed so that I never forget my time there. I decided against bringing my laptop but I wrote all of my post on my iPod.

***   Wednesday, July 20th, 12:30 AM   ***

Is it sad that I can't fit 4 days of necessities such as clothes, toiletries and chargers into a rather large carry-on suitcase? 

Let's not answer that. 

Here I am and hour and a half later after I started packing for my trip to the Hispanic Youth Symposium and I'm not even done! I just keep on staring at all the clothes thrown on my bed but nothing magically flies into my luggage. Not to mention the fact that I have no idea what type of toiletries I should bring...if I need a towel does that mean I will need to bring my own soap? My own toilet paper? Arghh I'm so lost! But screw it I'm tired and I will finish in a couple of hours when I wake up. I feel surprisingly detached to this trip, like I don't know what exactly will be going on to be honest. I just got off the phone with my...well I'm not sure what he is (Counselor? Advisor? Babysitter?) but Nick was supposed to be checking up on me to make sure I was coming and to remind me to bring certain things except he had been calling my old cell phone and decided today to just call my house phone except I was at work which is why we ended up speaking at 12:15 midnight and wow that was a long run on sentence!

Anyways the point is I'm pretty excited and apprehensive about what the next four days will bring. So wish me luck!