Oh goodness.
Where do I begin?
Well, my countdown says I have exactly 28 days, 19 hours, 41 minutes and 58 seconds until I leave. How frightening is that?! I don't feel prepared, but I know as soon as Christmas is over my parents and I are kicking into high gear with planning everything. I'm becoming a bit more calm about it all, but it's still a daunting thought for me.
I am going to be living by myself in a foreign country for 158 days. 5 months. Eep!
At least it's a place they speak English. I can only imagine what I would end up saying if I went somewhere where they had a different language. I have a hard enough time speaking English correctly.
I am really really excited about sightseeing though. I could easily see myself going to Australia and just spending all my time standing and looking (and photographing!). Think about it- how many 'must see' things are there in Australia! A LOT. I can't wait to see them.
Alas- first things first. I am going to New Zealand beforehand for 2.5 weeks. :) Now that is really going to be something. I don't know what to expect, so all I can do is just be an open book. And even before the New Zealand adventures happen, the plane adventures happen. I still don't know exactly how long my flight is, but I know it's going to be a bit longer than the one from Chicago to Milan I took in the 10th grade. (With a disco party thrown by small children- but that's another story.)
Since I seem to run out of creative, interesting things to say (it is 11:56 PM...) I will now post my to do list. I have about a million of them laying around, and should probably condense them... and everyone knows I won't do that. Oh well. :]
TO DO:
Buy lots and lots of sunscreen (due to the large hole in the ozone over the continent)
Buy hiking boots (I'll be hiking a lot!)
Finalize bus passes for NZ
Finalize housing
Finalize courses
Final final final. Lots of finalizing. This is definitely not my final entry, so stay tuned folks! (I'm a total dweeb.) :]
Where do I begin?
Well, my countdown says I have exactly 28 days, 19 hours, 41 minutes and 58 seconds until I leave. How frightening is that?! I don't feel prepared, but I know as soon as Christmas is over my parents and I are kicking into high gear with planning everything. I'm becoming a bit more calm about it all, but it's still a daunting thought for me.
I am going to be living by myself in a foreign country for 158 days. 5 months. Eep!
At least it's a place they speak English. I can only imagine what I would end up saying if I went somewhere where they had a different language. I have a hard enough time speaking English correctly.
I am really really excited about sightseeing though. I could easily see myself going to Australia and just spending all my time standing and looking (and photographing!). Think about it- how many 'must see' things are there in Australia! A LOT. I can't wait to see them.
Alas- first things first. I am going to New Zealand beforehand for 2.5 weeks. :) Now that is really going to be something. I don't know what to expect, so all I can do is just be an open book. And even before the New Zealand adventures happen, the plane adventures happen. I still don't know exactly how long my flight is, but I know it's going to be a bit longer than the one from Chicago to Milan I took in the 10th grade. (With a disco party thrown by small children- but that's another story.)
Since I seem to run out of creative, interesting things to say (it is 11:56 PM...) I will now post my to do list. I have about a million of them laying around, and should probably condense them... and everyone knows I won't do that. Oh well. :]
TO DO:
Buy lots and lots of sunscreen (due to the large hole in the ozone over the continent)
Buy hiking boots (I'll be hiking a lot!)
Finalize bus passes for NZ
Finalize housing
Finalize courses
Final final final. Lots of finalizing. This is definitely not my final entry, so stay tuned folks! (I'm a total dweeb.) :]
Hahaha! I love this! I can't wait to constantly creeep on you!!! Yay!
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