Today is the Day! After months of planning, booking and anticipating, the day is finally here. Today I leave the United States and tomorrow my future arrives. For the next 9-12 months I will be living amongst peoples of a different culture, and immerse myself in the local flavor. Tonight, my plane departs Logan Airport at 7pm. My expected arrival time is 6 am in Irish time, or 1am eastern. I am so excited I don't know what to do with myself! I have been packed up for days. All of my reservations and bookings have been confirmed. I have put together all of the details of this trip and it has finally arrived. I will miss many things in the US, but I hope that I will be too busy to think about it that
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