Turkey Time

We're getting ready to go to Turkey soon!  I'm busy packing and repacking, trying to figure out the most economical way to fit everything I need into one pack.  After the repacking, I've been deciding whether my belongings should be in the needs or wants category.  Then it's time for another reshuffle.

Or so it would be in theory.  In reality, I'm just going to wait until the night before we leave (tomorrow), throw all my stuff into a nice pack, and then be on my way.  The whole process shouldn't take more than a few minutes.  It's so great to be a dude...not having to worry about all the makeup and shoes and female stuff.  Clothes and a toothbrush are really the only necessities.  I mean, Turkey is the final destination, which sort of eliminates the need for deodorant too, right?

It's so great that we're finally set to embark.  We are going to stay with my exchange student's family for a few nights, in someone's rented apartment for two more nights, and then find a hostel near the airport for the remainder.  Other than that we have no plans.  We're going to walk around the bazaar, hang out on the streets, go running around the city's perimeter, and just generally act like college kids who don't have a care in the world.

I think this trip represents a bit of nostalgia for the old days.  On this date two years ago, a group of 15 of us in 3 vehicles were making our way back from Big Bend National Park in Texas, where we had spent a few days swimming to Mexico, exploring, participating in hooliganism, and bro talking.  We were young.  Now we're old.  We have jobs and responsibilities and bills.  Back then, our only requirements were to run hard and study harder.  Now?  Pay this, do that, go there, etc.  We're pining for a return to the simpler times.  At least I am...sometimes.  The old times were incredible.  Turkey is going to be one brief respite from real life.  A chance to relive the glory days.  It's going to be a blast!