I am worn out and exhausted... the last few days have been a blur! Let's see... Saturday, on my way out of town, I blew a tire. It was one of those things where I said to myself on the way out of town, "I hope I don't get a flat tire," and what do you think happened?! I wasn't even 30 minutes outside of Charlotte!! My parents' ended up driving to North Carolina to help even-out the load and we didn't get to Tennessee until 9:30. Since Saturday, I haven't had much time to breathe, let alone post, there's just so much to do. My work permit arrived yesterday morning, so everything is a "go" to fly to New York tomorrow, get my entrance visa on Thursday, and fly to London on Friday. It still has not completely sunk in that I am leaving the country for a year, I'm just hanging out in Knoxville for a little while before I head back to Charlotte in time for school to start...

By the way, I am typing this entry from my NEW computer!! A laptop computer, at that. I am so excited to use it (finally - its only been in Knoxville since the 16th!)!!

My flight leaves for New York at 4-something, and I just know tomorrow is going to be nuts. Just wanted to say "HI" to everyone and let you know that I have not entirely dropped off the face of the earth, just trying to get situated... I'll write more soon.