1 Week!

Here I am. This year has gone so fast, its incredible. One week from this minute, I will be on Northwest Airlines, flight 52 from Detroit to Frankfurt. I know that it has hit me, the realization that I am leaving. Its been hitting me for about a week for two now. I can tell because, along with the feeling of excitment, I now am starting to feel nervous haha. But I suppose that is normal. Also, I have a good reason to be nervous. I found out that my school starts on August 6th!! I leave August 2nd, and I get there on the 3rd. BUT my Rotary Guarantee form states that I start the 9th, so perhaps they meant that, but probably not haha. But oh well, I will survive. I started packing a day or two ago. I have already stuffed a suitcase full of clothes, but I still have another, and I still have to get gifts, and clothes and other supplies I will need. So I will recap about my year I am about to spend abroad:
Where - Paderborn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland (About 144,000 people)
But, my first host family lives in a village called Schwaney, just a few miles outside
of Paderborn. But a lot of what I do will be in Paderborn.
My Rotary district in Germany is 1900.

When - I leave August 2nd, and I will probably return sometime in late July, the latest I
can return is August 1st, and we are allowed to choose the range of dates for our
return. The way Im thinking is, If I return rather early, then I will hate myself,
because I will know that I could have still been in Europe. haha

Why - I want to learn another language, make new friends, experience another culture
firsthand, hopefully do some traveling, stuff like that.

So yeah, there isnt too much to add to that haha. But its so incredible that I will be in Europe just a week from now!! haha I cant wait to get pictures!! :D