Friday, July 6, 2012

Today

Today is the day! Zach and I will be flying out of Grand Rapids at 5:20 pm into Atlanta, and from Atlanta into London Heathrow at 10:15 am if all goes as planned. After a lot of surprise paperwork, two initial class meetings at MSU, (over)packing, and a 52 minute phone conversation with my bank, I think I am ready!

This is what I mean by overpacking:


I am more than excited to report that I had a lot of fun at MSU getting to know everybody going on the trip and learning a little bit more about World War I, which is what I will be studying abroad. While the group of around 25 people was at MSU, 15 of us finalized our plans to go to Dublin, Ireland. We are flying out of Edinburgh, Scotland and will be gone from July 27-30th. We will be sharing two rooms meant for five people...we’re getting up close and personal. It’s going to be great!

I won’t lie, I already miss my family and my cat, Eleanor Rigby...but you should know that planes (along with carnivals) make me extremely giddy. I know it’s weird but it happens and Zach is going to have a fun time keeping my laughter under control as we take off.

The next time you’ll hear from me I’ll be in Europe. This is unreal.

Updates to come, with love!