Prepare for Take-Off ...

I have not written in this thing in months, and yet I decide that now, at 5:20 am before I leave Madison at 7:00, is a good time to update my blog.

I was weirded out today that it has finally come. Everything all culminated up to this. My entire semester of blood, sweat, and tears was all leading up to this plane right and all that follows after it. Planning for China got the best of me, many times. There was so much more planning than I ever anticipated. I'll give it to you straight, I'm nervous. In the end, though, I think I'll come out a stronger, more flexible person. I'm excited for adventures!!

What a long semester. I'm glad it's over, but I can't seem to enjoy the fact that I have three weeks of liberty ... This is a different kind of liberty, I suppose.

My thoughts are not even worth writing at this point, as I have been up for far too long today/yesterday ... so I'm going to call it quits.

I love you all and can't wait to come back with many stories!!