EXCITING NEWS!!!

So exciting news for me!! If you haven't already heard, I am off to LONDON this summer! I am going to work and live in the center of the hustle and bustle of the city for two whole months, June and July. I'll be completely alone over there too, which is kind of the most terrifying and most exciting part. Sure I'll be able to talk to people via Facebook and cell phone from time to time, but for the majority of the time, I will have to meet new people at work and people within the study abroad internship program. Making friends has never been an issue for me, and I figure I'll be focusing on other things like work and school and tourism to worry about not making friends, so I'll be ok!

The process to get there is a pain in the ass though. There are so many hoops to jump through whether it's the passport, which luckily I already have, the money, which my parents are providing for me cause they love me and i LOVE LOVE LOVE them for this, or the visa, which is such a complicated process, there are so many steps to simply get my butt in London. It'll be worth it, don't get me wrong, but really? Do I NEED to scan my face and fingerprints into the system just to prove I'm not a terrorist. I sleep with a stuffed dog named Buffy sometimes and watch bad teenage soap operas, the only threat I have to London is possibly spreading childish practices across the nation. What can I say? I like to hold on to my youth!

Currently I have paid for my Visa but I still have to collect all the items to send to the country to get it completed. It's a long process, and it's annoying to me and my parents. They keep getting e-mails from me, "Here's ANOTHER list of things you need to send me. Have fun!" I'm sure they enjoy it. But hey, at least they will be rid of me for two months. I might even come back more mature than before with a cute British accents. One can only hope!

The only sad things about this trip involves my friends. I didn't see many of them over Spring Break and going to school in Kansas makes it hard to get back to Texas to visit. I'm gonna miss Sara and Trent's wedding!!! I think that is the worst part. I mean I don't generally enjoy weddings, not that they aren't pretty and sweet and all, but I am not a dress and heels and formal person and I don't cry. That doesn't make me the best wedding guest, but I really wanted to see Trent, my prom date HELLO, and I love Sara now so of course I wanna support her. I might even like her more than Trent but SHH don't tell him that.

Also I'm not gonna get to see my best friends Sam and Brit and I won't get to see my family at all except for the two weeks before and after, but my mom wants to possibly visit before or after so that cancels another two to four days. I love my friends and family, and I'll miss them, but I have the rest of my life to spend time with them and I doubt I will have this opportunity again.

Ok I am definitely typing this in Public Relations class, not a smart move but it helps me stay awake ;), so I should go and focus. Comments? Questions? Complaints? Talk below!

Later,
Meredith