well, it's really happening. i'm moving to london. officially. my credit card will show that i have made the purchase and on september 9, 2007 will be on a flight with my new dear friend, lila, to heathrow. everything has been a little surreal and i feel like i've been experiencing the whole process in the third person, not like it's really happening to me...there's no way that i could actually be leaving the country, no..moving to one of the most fabulous cities in the world. oh wait, yes there is, and i am.
let's go back in time..i applied for the study abroad program back in november and then began the long process of waiting, freaking out, keeping up my grades and knocking on wood, lots of knocking on wood..no jinxing for this lady. skip forward to receiving my acceptance and being terrified at the reality of this decision. miraculously at our first meeting at school the other future kingston attendee (lila) and i found each other through the chaotic mess of inexperienced globe-trotters, exchanged information and the rest is history. lila's fantastic and a little crazy, like me, so i've avoided many a panic attack by having a new partner in crime and travel buddy through all this.
back to the ticket purchasing...such a simple act has motivated me to do things. now that it's real, there is an actual date, i need to live san francisco to it's fullest. go to the street fairs. bike across the bridge. have a picnic. or three. minimilize. that's my biggest goal, i want to leave feeling like i really am starting something new and not just taking a break from all my things that i will come right back to. this is the biggest change that has happened in these first 20 years and i'm going to do it right.
i'm going to keep this thing as up to date as possible, so all of you that are interested can experience every detail (okay, maybe not every detail) as well as pictures, stories and all-around good stuff. use it as a way to keep me up to date as well. the scariest part of this is going to be leaving all of you for a whole year, so every morsel of your lives that you feel inclined to tell me about, please do.
anyhow, i've got a good 3 months left so lets make them good..
cheers darling,
valerie
