It is only 10 days until I am in New York at my orientation camp with many other AFSers going to Europe. Then after that, it is on the 23rd when I leave on my flight to Norway, connecting in Iceland. I arrive in Norway on August 24th and head straight for the arrival orientation camp. Then 2 days later, on August 26th, I finally get to meet my host family! Then on the 27th, I start school.
I am super excited and can't wait to go. It is becoming so much more real. Two years ago when I started to become interested in studying abroad it sounded like such an abstract idea. I began talking with my principal and he told me I was the first person in 30 years to go study abroad. Then about a year ago when I started filling out my application I could only imagine what it would be like, to start a new life, to get thrown into a different country and become familiar with and live in and around a completely different culture. Then, at the end of March when I received my host family I was bouncing off the walls. I had finally found out who I would be spending a year of my life with. About a month ago it became a lot more real. I began actually thinking about what it would be like to leave everyone and everything I know. You get taken away from your family, your friends, and the culture you have grown up in. And now, it is less than two weeks away and I am extremely excited. I know it will be hard to leave everyone that I know and love for a year, but it will be a life-changing, once-in-a-lifetime, unforgettable experience that I am able to take part in.
Though it will be hard at times, I can't wait for my life to change!
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