It's Almost Over?

To tell you the truth, I'm still having trouble fathoming the fact that within a few days, I'll be sitting aboard a plane and heading back home to the US. Alas, I cannot deny the fact that all my final papers have been handed in, my finals are all finished, classes are done, we had our final banquet last night....the list goes on and on. It's been several months since I first arrived in Beijing, yet sometimes it feels that it was only yesterday that I stepped off the plane, nearly overwhelmed by a combination of excitement and anxiety. 

As the old saying goes, however, nothing last forever. Thus, I think it's time for me to head back home and take care of a few things (my degree, the unfortunate little fact that I still have no license, etc.) That, and it's been too long since I've seen everyone back home. 

However, my departure should by no means be a time for mourning. For me, this isn't an end as much as its hopefully just the beginning of my involvement with China. I definitely plan on returning to this country; how exactly, I don't know, but I will be back somehow, I can tell you that much. 

With all that in mind, I now simply look forward to the moment when I'm reunited with my family in LaGuardia airport....and pray fervently that all goes well with my flight from Beijing, my transfer in Chicago, and the last leg of the trip from Chicago to NYC. I gotta be honest, I'm just a tad anxious about the flight trasnfer, to say the very least, what with it being O'Hare Airport....just a few days before Christmas....in wintertime......yikes.