Just a few more hours....

Here are some times I'm currently trying to wrap my head around: It's after 2:00 am right now, which means in less than 12 hours I will be leaving my house for Newark Airport.  In less than 17 hours, my plane will take off.  Approximately 24 hours from now I will be landing in Oslo, Norway.  I'm scheduled to land in Copenhagen at 11:15am, which is 5:15am our time.  Ahhhh!

There are 5 of us from Lafayette on the same flight, so even with the late night layover and plane change I feel confident that we'll be able to figure it all out.  Hopefully our luggage is able to find its way there on time, too...

I am currently backing up all my pictures and videos on my laptop.  Considering these date back to 7th grade, it is safe to say I will be up for awhile.  The good news is that I finished packing on Thursday, both checked bags are under the 50 lb limit, and I have room in my carry-on to spare!

Earlier today (well yesterday, I guess), Thomas, one of my visiting family brothers, added me on Facebook and initiated a conversation.  I am now pretty much obsessed with him.  His written English is nearly perfect!  When I expressed how impressed I was he responded, "hehe, i started to learn English in third grade, and i'm now in seventh grade," with a smiley face at the end.  Actually, there was some sort of smiley face at the end of everything he sent.  He promised to help me out with my Danish learning, which I warned him would probably never amount to much.

Another thing that's happened since my last post is that I've been granted access to Blackboard, the online access center for my courses.  I read over all the syllabi (nerd, I know) and for the first time since I can remember am actually super excited for all my classes.  They all have awesome field study components, an aspect of DIS which I absolutely love.  More on this once I've actually sat through them- later this week!  I have to get through orientation first.  We also received our schedules for our 3 day jam-packed schedule of things that most people hate and have to suffer through but I secretly love.  Don't worry, I'll provide a semi-detailed account after going through it.

For my last night home, I went out to dinner with some of my family members.  Everyone has been so fabulous toward me leaving, I feel they are acting as if I'll be gone much longer than four and a half months.  Either that, or they're trying to give me a reason to come back.  Even my grandmother's parting words to me were that I shouldn't "get married" in Denmark.  I think I'll be able to handle that one... hopefully.

Also! Another great thing about today! It's my birthday!!!  Well, not really.  But as of the moment I cross out of American borders, I will legally be able to consume alcohol for the rest of my life.  That's right, Mom.  I'm basically 21 three months early.  Fun stuff.

I guess I should attempt to clean up my room a bit before I go to sleep, so this is it for tonight.  I'll be in Denmark the next time I write!  (Unless something goes terribly wrong.  Fingers crossed...)