Farewell Salt Lake City

It's funny. I've been counting down for just about a year now, to the estimated departure date. Now it's here. It seems almost ironic in a way, that I'm leaving. It doesn't seem real. My home is Utah. I can't be leaving, can I? And yet, my flight is at 8:37 tomorrow morning. New York here I come  :)

So many mixed emotions right now. One minute I am a wreck, and then next I am jumping up and down with excitement. It's so hard to explain. Exchangers, you know what I'm talking about!

So I wanted to say bye, because I don't think I am going to be thinking about posting for the next few days.

Goodbye Over The Counter; the most delicious breakfast place in the world. Is it sad that almost everyone that works there knows my order by heart?
Goodbye my puppy, and two kittys, and my wonderfully comfortable bed.
Goodbye to all of my lovely friends; you're all the best!
There's so much more to say bye to, and things that I have said bye to. I honestly mean every "I am going to miss you so freaking much!!!!!!!!!!" That I have said.

But, hello New York. Hello Ilbono. Can't wait to get to know you.

So farewell Utah. I'll see you soon.

Bags all FINALLY packed

Rosetta Stone completed. (believe me, not easy)

Madi, my puppy Big Mac and I, on one of our last days together:) 

Arrivederci-
Rachael

2 weeks. Luggage tags. Procrastination.

A couple days ago, my luggage tags arrived in the mail. That's how you know that it's close to time to leave. 2 weeks to be exact. Well, 2 weeks until we leave for Italy. 10 days from now though, I will be headed to New York with my parents and BEST friend, Madi.

By the title, I bet you can see that I have been procrastinating everything that needs to get done before I leave. I'm not sure why. For any of you that are going on exchange, or looking into it, let me tell you, DO EVERYTHING IN ADVANCE. I am currently freaking out, at the edge of my breaking point, because put everything off until last minute. I don't advise this at all.

I might post before I leave, but if not, see you all in Italy my friends.
Arrivederci
Rachael 
ps. wish me luck packing

Visa=Arrived

Hello All!

Wow! So, I wasn't expecting my visa to be returned to me for another couple weeks, but when I returned home from a weekend trip in California, there was a little post-it thing in the mail that said that the mail (wo?)man had missed me and to come down to the post office to pick some very important papers up.

So, I woke up this morning and headed down to the post office, showed them the post-it and my ID, and there was my passport, and inside was my VISA:)

I can't begin to tell you how relieved I am. All my hard worked is paid off.

Sorry for the short post, just thought that I would share.
Arrivederci-
Rachael

P.S. Less than a month left until I leave for NYC, and exactly a month until I head to Italy. Wow, time flies.