¡35 Días!

35 days until our plane takes off from Dallas and we begin the next four months of our lives in South America! It's already finals week here at ACU and I can't believe how quickly this semester has gone. I can't believe that in just over a month I'll finally be getting out of the United States for (almost!) the first time! I've always dreamed of traveling and I can't wait to start this next new, adventure-filled chapter of my life. I've started this blog so that I can keep in touch with my friends and family back in the States (I won't be taking my cell phone with me and snail-mail takes a notoriously long time down there) and also so that I can share all of the wonderful things I see and learn while studying abroad. Today I bought a new camera to replace my broken one so that I'll be able to share pictures, as well as a book of beginners' Spanish so that I can try to learn a little in the month I have left. We've been told that most people in Montevideo speak no English so I'm sure I'll learn quite a bit of Spanish just by immersion, but I'm trying not to be completely ignorant when I get there. We'll see how well that goes! I can't wait to have exciting things to share with you all and I hope you're having a blessed Christmastime!