"Ready or Not": Leaving for Minneapolis

It's like Christmas Eve. Everything is packed and wrapped up for the events tomorrow, and my parents and I are leaving in about 2 hours for the cities. I'm so excited, but sad a little bit that Juli has laryngitis. She will hopefully be getting better in no time with rest and drinking liquids. I am just really anxious to finally meet her parents and sister in person and get to know them better. I'm especially excited to see her again!

My parents and I are staying in a Mariott tonight, (sadly, with no pool), and will have to wake up around 4 am tomorrow for a 6:30 flight. I'm going to miss my family! And also my cats (especially Wiley, who follows me around wherever I go). But I'm glad that my parents are going to Cancun a couple days after I leave. Callen is staying with some friends throughout the week.

I cannot wait to speak Spanish all the time! And to just see the Colombian culture and people. I cannot begin to even comprehend how this time abroad is going to change me. I will try to be as diligent as possible taking pictures and occasionally recording footage of the trip and will be posting them on here.

I'm thankful to you, who takes the time to read and see how I'm doing!

Anyways, my flight has a layover in Houston tomorrow, and its the first time I've travelled alone. Oh well, it's just going to be one of the many things I will be getting accustomed to on this upcoming journey!

Quote of the day: "Do something great for your country: Leave."