- My Spanish dictionary, verb book and Words They Don’t Teach You book - is this cheating?
- Casual reading (in English!) - I can’t work on Spanish the entire time
- Shoes
- leather sandals - going to class and dressing up a bit
- mesh casual shoes - alternative shoes for class
- Tevas - what I wear all summer anyway
- laptop - can’t be off the Internet and away from email for nine weeks
- iPod/iPod speakers - need my tunes, baby
- Palm - keeps track of my life and my passwords
- phone - gotta Phone Home
- digital camera - gotta snap those memories
- chargers and connectors for all above - nothing’s any good for very long without juice
- extra power strip - it’s an old house where I’m staying, I’m betting only 1 plug, 2 max
- clips - very handy for all sorts of things
- office type accessories - stapler, tape, pens, pencils, lead, folders - it is school, after all
- water purifier tabs - no can drink the water, hope I don’t get bugged
- Nalgene bottle - need someplace to put the good water
- bottle insulator - staying cool, ya know
- med kit - if I bring it, I won’t need it, if I don’t bring it, I’ll, for sure, need it
- prescription drugs (make sure enough for 9 weeks) - better living through chemistry
- clothes (but not too many) - pack judiciously, just enough, but not too much, plus I think they frown on naked tourists
- towel - no good space traveler ever goes anywhere without their towel
- travel pillow - otherwise, my neck will make me want to kill myself to stop the pain
- body maintenance items (clippers, hydrogen proxide, nail file, etc.) - it’s the little things you forget that will drive you crazy
- DEET (ick) - hate the stuff, hate dengue fever worse
- international drivers license - might have need for a scooter or car while I’m there
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