Today is the day everyone! This is my last blog posting from America! (I'm sorry, I believe the official spelling has been changed to 'Muricah. I will be sure to inform the French.)
Before I write all the nonsense I was going to write in this post I want to thank everyone for being unbelievably supportive. Never in my life would I have believed that I would have so much love in my life as I leave. I have gotten messages of love and support from basically everyone I know and I will never be able to explain how much it all means to me. If I haven't responded to you or gotten back to you, I am so sorry - It has been a nightmare trying to fit everyone in because I really do love each and everyone of you, plus this is all so last minute that I have been up to my eyeballs in things to be doing. Expect post cards, skype, facebook messages, and if you spend a dollar to download the What's App messenger, we can even internationally text. I love you all.
Enough of that. Finally once my visa arrived, I bought my ticket, told work I'd be done and then kinda sat there and didn't let myself think about it. I have a flight booked for tonight leaving O'hare at 5:50pm arriving in Paris at 9:10am.
Let's do a quick recap of my last week:
I had a going away party at howl at the moon and a good time was had by all
I went out with a few fabulous friends in broadripple and FINALLY made it to an A-Bar
I said goodbye to friends and family
I got the COOLEST travel companion ever, he is a garden gnome named Kilroy (or better names if they are received) he is wearing red overalls, an IU hat and holding a basketball
and I have to give a shout out to Liz Wright. Who saintly came over and helped me pack.
Consolidation and I don't get along well so I have 3 full size suitcases to check, a carry on and one personal item bag. Things are about to be unreal.
JC, the father of the family I will be au-pairing for, is meeting me at the airport and hanging out with me for the morning, then I think I will have the afternoon to un-pack then reconvening to have dinner and meet the kids.
I think I am in shock that in less than 5 hours I will be climbing onto a plane to live in Paris for a year. Thanks to Aileen who aptly texted me "just breathe deeply, you will be fine" or something similar. I've got snacks for the plane, 2 new books on my kindle and 2 people magazines, tylenol PM, dramamine, my passport, boarding pass, make-up with liquids in the checked bags, a travel blanket... umm am I missing anything?
Did I mention that although I have 3 full size suitcases, I have everything I own in space-bags? Can you imagine if i tried to fit everything without space bags? And they are either exactly at 50lbs (we hope, we couldn't really see the weight on the scale so we just got as close as we could) or a little under. AND since I booked my flight so last minute, I am in the 2nd to last row, in the middle section, in the middle seat.
Murrrrr
Au Revoir!
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