11 Days Til

I FINALLY HAVE MY PASSPORT AND BRAND NEW VISAAAAAA!!! True excitement. Now there is only a few days in between myself and the country whose language I have been learning for 10 months.

I'm worried about what to pack. Will I need this, will I have space for that, do I need more of this than I already have; it's quite a task to try to pack for 8 weeks in a different country.

I am also trying to get ready for fall semester. I have things to pay for, things to tell my Dad to check on while I'm gone. Furniture I have to ask Dad to take for the apartment.

I hope that Beijing is everything I've been told. I hope the people on this trip with me are open-minded individuals. And I hope that everyone makes it back in one piece.

My Current Main Concerns:

1. Packing

2. Getting all the stuff I leave at home ready to move into the apartment when I get back.

3. Making a list of things I still need to get from the store (for both China and apartment).

4. Spending time with my family and friends before I leave.

Hopefully all of these things will be accomplished. We shall see.

30 Days Til

It's almost 29 days til, but whatever. I'm currently still waiting for my visa/passport to get back to Nate at Ole Miss. No telling how long it will take for it to get back to me from Nate from the Consulate in Houston. Thinking about going to Oxford for the Memorial Day get together with the old, current, and new Flagship students (which includes me). Slowly putting together a mental list of the things to bring to China.

Had a dream that my passport never got back to me from Nate; I was already at the airport and trying to get my ticket. What a nightmare...

40 Days Til

In forty days, I will be on my way to China. I figure that not being able to use facebook very often while in China may be a small problem. Hopefully this blog will help. If you don't already know I will be in Beijing at Minzu University (Formerly known as the Central University for Nationalities). We will have trips to the Great Wall, the Forbidden Palace, and various other sites in and around Beijing. I don't even know how much free time we'll have; hopefully we won't be treated like children.

For now, all I know is that I do not have my passport with me, as Nate(the guy in charge of putting most of this stuff together) needs it to send off for the visas and it may yet be a few weeks before we have the visas. Thanks persons who thought pictures printed on regular paper and cut out would be sufficient for a visa application.

I will enjoy my time at home (for a few days anyway) and update this every so often while I learn new details about the trip.