An Adventure Begins!

Hmmm, I am not sure where to begin this post. I guess Saturday is a good day to start about.

I know where I will start. I want to apologize to all the people who are sadden that I didn't say goodbye to. I am very sorry, but fret not my friends! I am not going away forever! I am pretty sure the EU would send me back to your open arms if I stayed longer than I was suppose to. Plus, I don't want to risk not being able to get back into Europe so I will be home in just a few short months. I've gotten a lot of texts with sad faces because people wanted to see me before I left. I'm sorry I couldn't see you all, but I will see you when I return! Besides, I really hate goodbyes. I mean I really hate them. I get all panicked when I know goodbyes are coming up. I could just be visiting a friend's and still I become filled with anxiety when I know I should be saying goodbye soon. So, soon I will come home and tell you all hello and give you a big hug!

Okay, so Saturday morning my lovely boyfriend made me pancakes for breakfast as that was the day he would see me. The pancakes were delicious by the way. Good job Stephen! It was a nice breakfast for the two of us (besides being at 6am because he had to go to work, and I wanted to beat the heat on my drive up to Placerville). However, you'll never guess what happened when I said goodbye. Did you guess cry? If so, you are correct. I cried (just thinking about it is making me tear up). I dried my tears and started driving up to my grandma's. Along the drive I cried again. Surprise! I'll just tell you that there were a lot of tears and a lot of packing going on that day. My padre came down and hung out with me, and my dear friend Jenae also came over to spend some time with me before I left.  Oh, and Stephen was able to get the day off on Sunday! So, that was a very good piece of news. He came up that night and we went up to Tahoe with my family for dinner. When we got back Stephen and I worked on decorating picture frames for each other. They came out wonderful! Ill edit this post later and add pictures of them.

The next morning was... Sunday! It was the day I was leaving for Boston.  It felt weird...like it wasn't really happening. Stephen drove me to the airport and dropped me off. We said our goodbyes and I cried yet again. Oh yes, there was more of that. I checked in and made my way across the United States. When I landed in Boston my grandma surprised me with a hotel room an Omni Parker House in downtown Boston. It was such a neat hotel, and the bed was HUGE. I didn't want to get out of it in the morning! I did eventually dragged myself out and wandered the city. I walked the Freedom trail. That was quite the experience. Especially because I grew up reading books about American history! It was so humid and muggy though! Not appreciated. Oh, and I tripped down the stairs at the subway on my way to the airport and broke my suitcase handle. Perfect. Fortunately, I can still use it to pull my suitcase. It just bends...a lot. Currently, I am at the airport waiting for my flight to Dublin. It is my first flight to Europe and it doesn't feel real. I can't possible be going to Europe. That is just something i've daydreamed about for years. I don't think I will believe it until I get there.

On a side note, I've been so excited and nervous that I forget to eat! Yesterday, I had lunch with Stephen, but I didn't eat until I got to the hotel at 1:40am and that was just a sandwich I had picked up in Chicago. Today, I got bubble tea but didn't eat until I got another sandwich here at the airport just a bit ago. I guess I am just waiting for all the delicious food in Europe.

I think that is all I have to update for now. I want to thank all my friends and loved ones for their support! Your words of encouragement and your shared excitement for me really mean a lot.  Truly! The next time I update this I will be in Europe (most likely Dublin as I have 8hrs there).

Until then!