Getting Ready to Leave

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Hello Everyone!

This is my first entry. I have finished packing and am checking and double checking to make sure that everything is packed. I am not really sure how one packs 3 and half months worth of school and personal items into two, fifty pound bags and a backpack. Oh, well. I am sure that I can pick up anything I need there. I am very, very excited. I have had an anxious tummy for the last week or so, as well as crazy dreams. It feels very surreal, as if I am standing on a precipice, waiting for a wave of unfamiliar existence to crash over me. I know I should probably head to bed, as tomorrow will be a very long day, but I am a little wired! ;-) I know this will be an amazing experience. I will write more from "the other side"! Much love to everyone.

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