Preperations

T minus 38 hours until liftoff.  I can't believe I'm finally returning to the homeland.  I wouldn't say I'm nervous, rather unprepared. I was hoping to be better at Icelandic by the time I got there; I studied just about every day and thought it was pretty easy up until I started video chatting with my friend Unnur, then I realized how bad I suck.  In my defense I don't sound american at all. I think it's pretty safe to say that people will think I'm Swedish.  I usually spend most of my time doing role plays with her pretending that we're on the bus or doing formal introductions with a lot of my tangent stories about something humorous.  It's kinda like a bad role play from a district meeting from my mission where we don't even talk about the church.  She does a good job playing a typical icelander. For example, before we started our role play I decided to make it interesting by saying that she was the only person on the bus.  I began by asking her if I could sit next to her. She replied by asking why. Not gonna lie, it took me by surprise... so after some lame excuse as for why I wanted to sit by her she finally said yes.  Icelandic bombardment makes any role play interesting.  

I think on of the great sacrifices that I'm going to make is what to wear and which shoes I should bring.  I can take up to two suitcases but they advise one... Two it is.  How can they expect me to bring clothes for six weeks with a sleeping bag and only bring one bag?  I may not be metro, but I'm too high maintenance for two pairs of shoes for six weeks.  I have five pairs of shoes confirmed, one pair of which is my pair of Chad Muska 14k Supras. Keep in mind only 1,00 pair were made.  (Thank you Dave.  That was the present of a lifetime)

It'll be hard to leave the family, the girlfriend, the farm, the Deeres, etc etc etc but I'm sure I'll be so busy that I won't even have time to think about them very much.  For me this is kinda like having an extra transfer from my mission, except I can wear what I want, do what I want, but still have the responsibility of being an example to everyone.  Not only will I be representing my religion, I will also represent my family name, country, State, and community.