Somehow or another you've come across my blog. (In all likelihood, you're a relative of mine who had the link emailed to them.) Well, since you're here, and since you seem to intend to keep reading, I might as well fill you in.
I leave for Australia this Tuesday (Feb. 9th), so at the moment I'm packing and trying to figure out where to live. This entry is more of a test-run, to make sure that my layout looks pretty and readable.
I'm a little colorblind, so please let me know if it's too hideous for words.
Tuesday I fly from Columbus to Chicago, then from Chicago to LA (where, with any luck, I'll be able to meet up with my friend Beth, who will be en route to New Zealand), and from LA to Brisbane. I leave LA before midnight and arrive in Brisbane on the 11th, so techincally I will not exist on Feb. 10th. Never fear, rumor has it that my friends at Mount Holyoke are having a candlelight vigil for me, to make sure that I don't disappear entirely.
Aside from the 12+ hours spent in airports and on short flights, I have to prepare myself for a 20-hour overseas flight. Twenty hours is a *really* long time, something I'm trying not to contemplate. I'm bringing a blank 5-subject notebook and a sketchpad, plus a supply of batteries and my (admitedly meager) CD collection, so hopefully I will survive.
I also do not have a place to stay as of yet. I have a hostel sort-of room booked for when I first arrive. I've been looking into permanant housing via James Cook's online database of people looking for roommates. I've got my eye set on the two male seniors looking (specifically) for a female international roommate. That sounds both safe and promising.
Well, that's what's happening right now. Theoretically, my next update will be from Australia, or at least an airport on my way to Australia, if I get bored enough and the internet access is free.
