Well, I head out for a month-long holiday adventure through Europe at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.
And it hasn't dawned on me yet. At all. Maybe that means I'm getting extremely good at living in the moment?
I honestly am just in awe that I have this opportunity... like... seriously? I'll be in London with all the lights up in the Christmas spirit, in Greece for Christmas itself, and then off to Switzerland and Germany to finish off the holiday. WHAT KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES ARE THESE??? Awesome ones. That's the only acceptable answer. Bam.
I do not understand how I came to draw the lucky straw. I am so incredibly INCREDIBLY lucky, and I plan on living out every moment to its fullest -- minus the whole packing thing. That still needs to happen...
Well, I was missing home like crazy today... as many of you know because I went all video-happy and sent many of you oh-so-touching (aka pointless) video messages via facebook this morning. Sigh. It's hard for me to feel like I should be in two places at once. But hey, I can't. And I'm here, and honestly, there's no place I would rather be. I have found myself here, I have come into my own, I have my future all lined up and ready to go. I can hardly believe my good fortune. I have been given the opportunity to throw myself into a new culture for 9 months, and to spend 3 of those months abroad in other cultures. AHHHHHHHHHHH. And for some reason I'm telling my heart to stop racing right now. It's SO fine for me to be excited at this point, I mean, I'm leaving TOMORROW for the ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME. Gosh, I can be so mediocre sometimes. Silly.
So anyway, I hope to update along the way, but basically, I love life. So much. And I will never forget this year -- it will be a part of me forever.
However, I love you all, and I can't wait to be back with you, no matter how much things may have seemed to change -- love remains the same.
As is English custom, I leave you with kisses:
xx
