Well, we’re really getting close now. With less than a week to go, the UvA finally got back to me about my courses. Looks like I’m taking Populism and Nationalism, Seminar on Conflict Negotiation, and 19th Century European Art. Should be a lot of fun.
Best part is, all of my classes are on Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday, so if I should have a lot of downtime the rest of the week. Also makes for easy trip-scheduling if we want to leave the city/country for a few days.
Cat stuff is all taken care of, so Amedeus is all ready for his first (and very long) plane ride. Looks like it will be 20 hours in a box for our little friend 
Packing is proving to be very interesting. We’re moving out of our bedroom, so we’re using this oppurtunity to get rid of stuff. Quite a bit is going to the salvation army, and the rest is going to get stored over at my dad’s house while we’re gone. I really want to get everything down to 1 suitcase and a carry on (for each of us) so that we can have a *whole* bag empty for the return trip.
Here’s a really handy tip: when sending books overseas, use the USPS “air bag” option. It cost me around $11.00 to mail nearly 15 lbs of books to amsterdam. Your box (full of only books) must weigh at least 11 lbs, and will take 4-6 weeks to get to your destination. What a deal. I only hope that the Netherlands post office has similar rates for the return trip!
Going away party is this saturday, so we’re trying to take care of as much as possible before then. My hope is to take care of all the errands an big stuff (including most of the packing) by Monday so we can just relax and enjoy our last day here. Here’s to wishful thinking!