Good to go!

Well, it's almost time to go already and the rest of the week is going to fly by so I thought I'd make a quick post as I will not get to next week.

Next Week:
I am almost ready now for the trip;
-the background checks are going through
-the clothes are ready
-the camping related gear is ready
-the playlists are ready
-the apartment is taken care of
-the directions have been printed

The only outstanding things are the actual program lessons and things like that. Oh, and the snacks. Mmmm, the snacks.

I am still nervous but only inspurts. Which is a bit different than usual. Ususally I freak out at the thought of doing something like this at least a week solid before hand. And when I say freak out I...well...I'll just say I can freak out with the best of them, I just do it quietly. This time though the freakouted-ness is being offset by the exicted-osity. Please excuse the technical terminology. Their's a comfort involved this round and it's not something I could have done myself. Leaving me at the closest to calm I have ever been in light of what is coming. It helps that people are praying for me and I am praying as well. It also helps to read the word and other helpful things literature. It also (for me anyway) helps to have a song or two, or thirty.

My playlist right now is skittesh as would be expected, but here are some of the consistent songs that make the cut. You may recognize them. Most have a deep, almost mournful, melody to them and a few of them have something to say. Try them if you like and keep them if you want.

Frou Frou - Let Go (click to download)
drink up, baby down
mmm, are you in or are you out
leave your things behind
'cause it's all going off without you
excuse me, too busy you're writing your tragedy
these mishaps
you bubble wrap
when you've no idea what you're like
so let go, jump in
oh well, whatcha waiting for
it's alright'cause there's beauty in the breakdown
so let go, just get inoh, it's so amazing here
it's alright'cause there's beauty in the breakdown
it gains the more it gives
and then it rises with the fall
so hand me that remote
can't you see that all that stuff's a sideshow
such boundless pleasure
we've no time for later now
you can't await your own arrival
you've 20 seconds to comply
so let go, jump in
oh well, whatcha waiting for
it's alright'cause there's beauty in the breakdown
so let go, just get in
oh, it's so amazing here
it's alright'cause there's beauty in the breakdown

Jars of Clay - Frail (click to download)
Convinced of my deception
I've always been a fool
I fear this love reaction
Just like you said I would
A rose could never lie
About the love it brings
And I could never promise
To be any of those things
If I was not so weak
If I was not so cold
If I was not so scared of being broken
Growing old
I would be...I would be...I would be...
Blessed are the shallow
Depth they'll never find
Seemed to be some comfort
In rooms I try to hide
Exposed beyond the shadows
You take the cup from me
Your dirt removes my blindness
Your pain becomes my peace
...frail

Cranes - Fragile (click to download)
Fragile . . . fragile
Fragile . . . fragile
But there's no fear at all
There's no fear at all
There's no fear at all
There's no fear at all
Fragile . . .

Jars of Clay - Blind (click to download)
Hooverphonic - Battersea (click to download)
Hook the Captian - Take me away (click to download)
Telepopmuzik - Breathe (click to download)

Heres to blue skyes next week...