6 weeks left...

Guys I have only 6 weeks left in Ohio before I have to fly to NYC, 6 weeks and 1 day until I fly to Switzerland and 6 weeks and 2 days until I arrive in Rome with all of the other amazing AFSers.

I am not sure how I feel about all of this, it is all happening really quickly and I don't know how to feel about this. I am in no way regretting my decision (in fact I haven't done that this far) but it just doesn't seem real yet. Going abroad has bee a dream of mines for so long and now that it is actually happening I am kind of taking it day by day. Time is flying and I haven't really realized it, all of this time I have been like "September can't come quick enough" and now I am at the end of July and reality still hasn't set in.

I think this may be because I actually haven't left yet but my mind knows that I am leaving for 10 months but the rest of me haven't quite got that concept yet (it's weird, I know) it's kind of hard to explain. I am nervous that something might go wrong, that my luggage might get lost, my classmates won't like me, or that I won't fair well with my host family. These worries are not consuming my mind but they are still somewhere in my cranium ^.^ Every returnee I have talked to says my exchange year will be the most emotional year of my life. They weren't lying, I am emotional and I haven't even left yet. 

As far as AFS news goes, I got 2 emails from AFS, one for my country conference call- where I can talk to other kids going to Italy and a returnee from Italy ( this call is Italy specific). The other email asking for me to go back to my doctor for another medical evaluation just to make sure I am still on the up and up. Well that is about all I have got to say at this point.

Arrivederci, Shayla

P.S. I still have to finish Rosetta Stone :(