Leaving So Soon

The time is almost here.

In just over 78 hours I'll be boarding the plane to Madrid, where I'll have to endure a four hour wait in the airport before I finally leave for New York! The summer has flown by and I have very few goodbyes left to say. After Saturday's Arabian Nights leaving party which didn't go quite according to plan, I have bid adieu to all of my grandparents and my dad, and tonight was mine and Alan's farewell meal with our friends before we both go off to spend the next year abroad.
I probably came across as quite heartless as I wasn't massively upset to say goodbye to everyone but to be honest I'm just too excited and I still haven't really gotten my head around the fact that I'm going away BUT I'm definitely going to miss everybody more than they can imagine, even though I refused to make a speech to tell them that!
Tomorrow is going to be a day of packing and tidying so that I can spend my last day in Workington relaxing - although that's probably wishful thinking considering I haven't got a clue what to pack yet! I'm travelling to London (or a hotel just off the M25 to be more accurate) on Saturday with my mam and Brian before my very early flight on Sunday morning.
I'm ridiculously excited to get to America and hopefully this blog will inform my many followers - only two as of this moment (thank you Sarah and Hannah) - of what I'm doing and of all the fun I'm having!

See you in New York!

(P.S. Thank you for the diary Justine, it will act as a perfect companion to this blog)