It's about that time...

So I leave tomorrow. At this point, I don't even have the energy to be nervous with all of the last-minute shopping, packing, and organizing that's been going on. There seems to be so much left to do that worrying about how to actually speak French falls pretty far down the list.

For those that care (Mom and Dad), my flight from Greenville leaves tomorrow at 2:20 and my flight to Paris leaves at 5:29, both on United. You should watch them on FlightTracker, it's really fun.

As a last-minute excitement builder, I decided to make a list of what I would and would not miss about the U.S. (and the South):

I will miss:
-Southern food
*including, but not limited to: sweet tea, mustard-based barbeque, pecan pie, cornbread, she-crab soup, and fried chicken
-the word y'all
-people that speak English
-cold milk
-my family and friends
-football season :(
-watching the leaves change at Furman
-getting drinks that include more than 2 ice cubes
-heat that turns on when I want it to
-cokes that don't cost $5

I will not miss:
-the oppressive heat
-the lack of a good jambon-beurre on any street corner (or put another way, fast food)
-Walmart


The next time you hear from me, I'll be on the other side of the Atlantic.

It's kind of exciting in a really, really big way.