42 + 2/3 hours till takeoff!

I'm tired and my feet hurt.  I still haven't started packing yet and I'm leaving muy pronto!  However, I have selected a suitcase.  See, I am not a complete procrastinator :) Cheesy smile.  Hehehehe.

Yesterday, I was forewarned about a problemo.  Certain hoitytoity hair straighteners are not supposed to be used with electrical converters.  I had a freakout moment when my ears received those sound waves.  My thought process went a little like this:  Holy carp!!  This cannot happen.  My straightener better be compatible!  However, since I didn't buy an expensive one it probably is one of those lame-o incompatible straighteners.  But I only use my hair straightener for a maximum of two minutes every day!  I don't want to buy a whole other hair straightener for three weeks!  But if I don't have a straightener with me in Spain my bangs won't look right and my fly-a-ways will indeed be flying away.

Then, to make matters worse I sustained 15 mosquito bites directly after hearing this news.  Ginormous mosquito bites.   They itchhhhhhhhh.  Badly.  But I digress.

On a happy note, I got colorful socks today :DDDD They're purrrty.  :)  But they don't make up for all the itchy bug bites.

Now, I'm worried about credit cards and foreign transaction fees and if the company will shut down my card if I try to buy something overseas.  We shall see.

I'm also really, really, really wanting to see my pretzel picture from Katherine's fantabulous shindig last night .  Like mucho.  Well, I suppose you've had your fill of my thoughts for today.  I shall bid you tah-tah now!

P.S. You'll be relieved to know that I do not need to buy another hair straightener. Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!  All that unnecessary panic I endured.

¡Menos de cinco dias!

These last 24 hours have been a tad on the crazy side.  Last night half a tree just about fell on my house!  There was a severe thunderstorm --accompanied by a lot of wind-- and it split a tree which now hangs a couple inches above my roof.  Twas scary.

Then, it just kind of hit me today how close my departure to Spain is getting.  Sure I've gone shopping and purchased some dresses and Spain-esque clothing, but it was all for that far-off viaje.  I've also mentally drafted a to do list for the days before I leave.  Well, today while I was at the Spain trip party, it hit me.  Spain is less than five days away! I don't have anymore time to delay packing and familiarizing myself with the airport regulations. I need to get moving!

And get this: me and everyone else on this trip have to wear matching T-shirts!  It has a blaring yellow and red colored "España" plastered on the front of the shirt and "Lawrence North Wildcats" in slightly smaller print on the back.  We are all going to look so cute in matching shirts walking through the airport terminals, going through customs, sitting in one section of the plane, etc; you can feel my sarcastic annoyance. 

On top of this, when I was mowing the lawn today I got a huge chunk of skin peeled off my thumb.  Owie.  It's throbbing now as I type this :( 

Well, I need to sign off now and commence the packing.

¡Hasta luego!  

Web-party!

Advisory- Henceforth, this blog shall be redirected to another topic: Mi viaje a España!

I've sorta kinda neglected my blog.  I'm deeply sorry--I hope I don't abandon you on my trip to Spain.  We shall see how long my attention span lasts.  Any bets on how long it'll last?

Anywho, I would just like to have a private celebratory web-party!  In nine days time, I'll set sail for España!  I have a lot to be happy about. 

Firstly, I have young host parents!  I was sightly worried about the age factor since I've heard through the foreign exchange grape vine that old host parents are boring and not very nice.

Secondly, I'll be able to fall asleep listening to the sound of waves--possibly.  I'm not quite sure if the sound waves will travel a mile inland, but if not I'll be just out of hearing distance.  Not a bad deal at all!  Plus, the weather in Malaga is awesome!!  Today it is a fantabulous 75 degrees Fahrenheit and I'm looking forward to more sunny days just like today when I go to Spain!!

Thirdly, I'm going to room with someone from France!  Plus, I'll be able to associate myself with people from Sweden, Portugal, Italy, France, Russia, etc. at the school I'm attending.  There are going to be boatloads of people from all over the place!  Tis super exciting!   
  
As you can see, everything is looking just peachy!  The only damper on my parade is that I'm taking the SAT this Saturday :(  But it is a slight damper.  Very minute.

Well as the French say:

A plus tard!