Today is Thursday. That means I will have left my house for the airport next Thursday. Woah!! The whole visa process has been a bit of an ordeal. I had to move my flight back 2 days so that I can leave myself some time for something to go wrong. It takes 12 days to process it when you mail it in, and that does not even include shipping time. Luckily, I finally realized Ron lives in Miami (where the Brazilian consulate for North Carolina is located) and he has turned it in for me! That saved me a lot of stress. Without him, I have no idea how it would have gotten in. I am still a little worried they are going to find something wrong, but I have time to fix it! (I hope!)
What I get to deal with in the next 7 days is finding my room at home. Since I moved out of the dorm, everything is still in their boxes and just lined up in my room. It is a miracle I can still get from my bathroom to my bed when I take out my contacts at night- without any broken bones so far! Usually, it is not so hard to pack everything back up because I can just put all the winter stuff away. It is going to be in the 60's in Brazil (it will be winter there), so I have to do a bit of packing for Brazil while I try to find my room too. I am packing for Brazil. Packing. Yea, I know it is crazy. So in summary, I am packing now which means I am really going. It is starting to feel real and I am really excited! (Honestly, I am still a little terrified, but that is the whole reason I am doing this)
So for those of you planning to go abroad: START VERY EARLY WITH YOUR VISA, and then avoid packing for as long as possible ;)
Alright, I really need to work on this whole finding the floor thing!!
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