Current Music: Rick Springfield - Jesse's Girl

Hello again. I just wrote to someone who has one of the funniest sites I’ve ever read (it’s here if you want to see it) and that reminded me that, oh, yes, I have a site of my own, don’t I?... The ten weeks of screaming children, camp food, and cold showers are over, and here I am back in Florida… for eight entire days, YAY. And five of those days are over now. It’s 0.39 on Sunday and therefore officially three days until I get on a plane and my entire life changes forever. Yet I can’t wait. I have:

+ one enormous blue (weight-limit-exceeding, I feel certain) suitcase
+ one khaki L.L.Bean backpack with most of my life inside it (read: my CDs and my new laptop)
+ one Target purse with all of my “proof of existence”, zeg maar
+ one brand-spanking-new money belt (containing tickets, passport, and a few Euros)
+ mediocre Dutch skills (which will hopefully metamorphose beyond all recognition by July)
+ an insane amount of enthusiasm!

And so, ladies and gentlemen… so armed, I shall make my way across the Atlantic to begin a new adventure. Those of you who know me know that there’s nothing I like better than change and challenges. Sure, there are those moments when I think “What happens when I just need Starbucks?” or “How will I survive without all my books?” And even, occasionally, “How much will I miss my family?” ;) (Hi Mom…)

But these doubts are few and far between. I’ve been planning this for nearly a year, and now it’s finally almost here. In four days (yes, for those of you who are a little slow, I will leave on the 13th and arrive the 14th), I will get off that plane, gather the few belongings I have to sustain me for one entire year, hug the guy I love until he can’t breathe… and begin an entirely new phase of my life.

…I can’t wait! :-)