GOOD NEWS!!!

Good News! I just received my passport and visa back! I couldn't be happier! I am so excited now things are actually starting to fall in place.  My mom and Gerry gave me a camera for Christmas that I'm finally starting to get used to and realizing all the cool features it has and my dad and Deb gave me an awesome North face rain coat that I can scrunch up really small to fit into even a purse and a blow dryer I can use over seas (which I did not realize some blow dryers and hair equipment can blow up if you try to use them  in Europe!).  I also received new tennis shoes from Dad and Deb which I need to break in and money so I can buy myself a new pair of flat boots since I was informed that the cobblestone streets in Italy with kill my high healed boots.  Woo :) I am so thankful that everything is going so well! I am getting excited, but still really scared! This is a huge leap in my life and one I never imagined taking until my best friend Becky talked me into it... so basically if I don't like it or get super homesick I'm blaming it all on you Becky ;) ha ha just kidding!