Since then....

Okay, so it has been a really long time since I last posted something. Since then I have found out who my first and second host family will be. Both families seem super nice and I can't wait to meet them. I have yet to contact my third host family, but maybe I will see them when I arrive! I am beyond excited! I am nervous as well, but the excitement that I am feeling is definitely overwhelming every other feeling I have. I think there is only 76 days until I leave to the Netherlands! I am getting excited just writing this post, but I guess I have to wait another 76 days to go. Well I am sorry that this post is so short, but I have to get going to study for my last final exams tomorrow!

The Coming Months

These coming months are going to be extremely busy entering the final months until my departure to the Netherlands! I have to try and raise more money, get things for abroad, and much much more. Since my last post I have met people from all over the world and gone to a few more Rotary meetings. I could not be happier with my choice of program to go abroad with. This past weekend we had an overnight orientation where the outbounds got to interact with the inbounds in our district. It was so much fun. The bond you make with each other is unimaginable in the 24 hours we had together. I still miss the inbounds, but I will be seeing the outbounds again before we all go off and experience the best year of our lives.

Can't Stop

I know I wrote yesterday, but that is okay. Wherever I am, I can't seem to stop thinking about going to The Netherlands for a year. I am filled with joy and I don't think I have ever been this happy before. Every word now that comes out of my mouth has to do with studying abroad. I don't know if that is a bad thing or not, I don't think it is, maybe it just shows how ready I am to do this. Only nine days left until I turn sixteen and only five months left until I leave to The Netherlands for an entire year! I am glad I have school for the next two and a half months to pass the time. I am ready to bring two cultures together to make the world closer together. Netherlands here I come!

First Thing First

As you know or may not know, I will be turning 16 soon. Quite frankly, I think it is pretty exciting. This coming year will be no normal year or even close to a normal year. I will be spending about 10 months abroad in The Netherlands. Excitement has taken its toll on me, but that is quite all right. This is a dream that I have worked really hard to reach and I won't let anything or anyone stand in the way of it. This educational and adventurous journey will open my eyes to so many new things. A new culture, new families, new food, new architecture, a new country, new friends and most importantly a new life. Is that it? I don't think so. I have been asked what I expect to do abroad, but to be honest, I have no idea. I know that I have expectations and I know that they will be reached, but I can't predict what I will do or what I want to do. A new country is just too new to know anything. No matter how much research I do, nothing will prepare for what I am about to do.

I feel scared and excited at the same time. My happiness and excitement definately out weighs my fear. I know that I am ready to experience a great year abroad in a country that I have always dreamed of going to. I refuse to turn back on my decision to go abroad and experience the best year of my life. This decision is by far the best decision I have ever made and I haven't even experienced what the decision is about to offer. Just by the thought of studying abroad, I already know more about myself then I ever would have imagined, but I know that there is a lot more to know about myself and I will figure most of that out while I am abroad in a great country. I am now just 5 months away from achieving my dream, but these 5 months will be the fastest five months ever, that is until I am abroad anyway. I am ready to embark on this journey and have the best year of my life!