Let's talk about packing.

I decided to start this blog for two reasons...

1) It's going to be fun to look back on in a couple of months.
2) It gives my family an easy way to stalk me without them having to text me nonstop. (sorry familia!)

Tomorrow is the beginning of some of the biggest changes in my life thus far. I will be studying abroad in Bonn, Germany for 4 months!(or 3 months and 3 weeks as my mom keeps correcting me...like that really makes any difference...) I can't lie, the idea of living in a foreign country with a host family who I haven't met yet is slightly intimidating. The good news is that I won't be living alone. My roommate is Erin Bersi, who is a Visualization major along with me. Also, the other good news is that my host family seems really neat! The family last name is Hmaid. Samir is a dentist & Elizabeth teaches English. They have three kids; a boy who is 13, a girl who is in college in Dusseldorf, and another girl who is studying abroad in the good ol' US of A right now. Hopefully they become like Erin & I's home away from home to help ease the any homesickness that is bound to hit us. Because let's be real...About three weeks in I'm going to be craving mexican food and wanting to fly home for some Pappasito's ASAP.

The other huge change in my life is that while I'm studying abroad in Europe, my family will be moving out of Pecan Plantation and into some far away land called Fort Worth, Texas. This would be fine and all if we could just take our house with us. I'm gonna miss our pool. In order to help ease the pain of it, i'll post a quick picture.

long live the pool.

Moving to the subject of packing.

I learned an important lesson last night. Attempting to pack for 4 months in about 2 hours is not possible. It's a nightmare and will forever end up resulting in 6 hours of arguing and frantically weighing suitcases. Also, attempting to fit 4 months of clothing into one 50lb suitcase isn't real. Let me repeat that.

Not real.

Funny joke Luftshansa. However, I successfully beat the system by convincing my parents to let me take an additional suitcase. :)

Judge me. 

When I was young and naive(think around 7pm last night), I assumed I could fit all this...

into one suitcase, as seen below...

i'm so funnnnny.

this was my reality, 5 hours and 239734 arguments later.

Now that the packing is over, the fact that I'm going to be living in Europe for 4 months is becoming more and more real(which is probably a good thing considering I have to board a plane at 4pm tomorrow). So on that note, I have a lot of goodbyes in my future. Bye Texas, bye childhood home, bye family & friends...but most importantly. Goodbye mexican food. I will make it my goal to find you in Europe. <3 

Let the greatest adventure of my life begin!:)