One week to go!

Here we are.

I leave for Florence, Italy in about 7 days or one week. I honestly do not know how the time has passed so quickly! It seems like just yesterday I was applying for studying in Florence, when in fact I was doing so a year ago! If you know me well, you know I like to push things out of my mind until it is absolutely necessary to face whatever the new and scary thing might be. This new experience of mine is no exception and it is becoming harder and harder to procrastinate on packing and actually giving some thought to this upcoming trip. I can talk about the trip for hours, that is no problem, but actually thinking, "I leave in one week for 8 months", is the thing I avoid most.

Can you tell I am nervous?

I won't ramble on much longer, but as I was setting up this blog I thought a pre-Italy entry might be useful. Here's to one more week in beautiful Santa Barbara, with amazing friends and family and hopefully little stress and worry. These 8 months will be the time of my life, I have no doubt of that, and I am beyond excited to start this adventure!! 2012 is going to be my best year yet, I just know it.

Wish me luck!