Wheee! England! In two and a half months! I'm so excited! But with that comes some apprehensions. For one, I still owe Bowling Green close to a thousand dollars. While I can scrape that together if I need to, I'm praying that:
a.) my tax return comes back soon (I'm not banking on this happening, though)
b.) I get some kind of grant or early loan to pay all or part of the money by mid-April or
c.) some kind, rich benefactor falls for my charming ways and throws money my way so I can run around the U.K. spreading my lovable charm to the British.
Money is my biggest reservation at the moment. I can and will make this work, I'm just slightly nervous about how. I'm looking into Study Abroad scholarships and whatever grants I'm referred to to help me. And I'm praying to the Baby Jesus as well.
There's a couple of smaller concerns, too, namely leaving John, my boyfriend, for two weeks. I know. I know. (I know I'm sounding like a lovesick teenager and it may sound pathetic. But still!) It's only two weeks apart, but this will be the longest that we'll have been apart since coupling up nearly a year and a half ago. Just thinking about it makes me nervous and gets my stomach in knots a little. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but I'm addicted to cuddling with him, so being away will be a little hard for both of us. I know it will help us grow, though and we'll come through it stronger than ever, but still. Saying goodbye to him for two weeks is going to be really hard. For now let's just say I'll be investing in a couple of major minute-heavy phone cards to help ease the pain.
My other concern is with the amount of work that is already expected of us. Honestly it's like having a fourth class on top of my MSU credits and my assistantship. It's a little overwhelming and completely unexpected. I've printed out every article we need to read--it's well over 200 pages. Plus there are reflection assignments/essays we need to do as well as online postings. It makes me nervous for what kind of work we'll do while on the tour if we're doing this much now. My concern is really with the time I have to invest before even leaving. Gaah! Time! I don't have enough of it!
All of these concerns will pass or ease as time goes on I'm sure. I'm just overwhelmed with all I need to do for this on top of my classload. But I shall persevere and push ahead. Because it's England and I know it will be completely worth it once I'm peering up at the castles and running around London.
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