The Countdown has Begun: 2 Weeks!!!!!

Well, 2 weeks from now I will have started my journey to Argentina! My flight leaves on March 2 at around 2:30 and I connect in Atlanta! I have a 3 hours layover and then fly directly to Buenos Aires. Hopefully I will have enough time to grab lunch with Mary Kate, even if it is in the airport before security! Hannah, you should probably make the trip down... and Riley, you're invited too - so we know you'll be there :)

The million dollar question while planning for this adventure is: Do you know anybody in Argentina? The answer to y'alls question is... no I do not! That's kinda the point. I want to venture out and meet new people from all over. If I had friends there or even kind of knew someone then I would be tempted to speak English. I want to learn as much Spanish as I can in the next 12 months. And for everyone who knows me, let's be honest... I need to learn a lot.

Leaving my parents, nevertheless the country for the next year is going to be an adventure in itself. Not to mention the culture shock and language barrier. For everyone who knows me they know I'm daddy's queenie and mom's favorite (sorry Matthew). So it's definitely going to be interesting being away from them for this long. I haven't gone longer than a month without seeing my parents and that was when I studied in Ecuador. Let's not forget Maddie and Arthur. I'm definitely going to miss my personal heaters at night. Luckily I will be able to see them when I Skype mom and dad!

We are still working on picking out a place to live. I will probably stay in one apartment for the first month of training and then move somewhere closer to where I will be working. Whenever we figure out where either of those will be, I will let you know! In case you'd like to send me some Peter Pan crunchy peanut butter, since I will be surprised. I hear if you try and ship Jif, it will be taken by customs because it is illegal ;)

ACW