A little preparation insight

So today I ran some of the errands for the trip that I have been saying that I am going to run and just now got around to them. Not surprisingly, I picked the hottest and muggiest day of the year to do them and the air conditioning in my car apparently boycotts days like today. Fortunately, I was smart enough to not straighten my hair but rather to put a lot of product in it, scrunch it up and hope that I don't look like I stuck my wet fingers into the socket. But anyway, I went to Target for the second time and got more of Allie's errands done than my own. (They did not have the power converter that I need but they did have Allie's eye makeup remover.)

After all of the fun at target I got to go to Best Buy, and that company can definitely take far more of an advantage of the ignorant first time travelers than you might expect. I spent 45 minutes roaming around the store like I was an expert bird watcher trying to find a new species. Some nice employee finally saw the pure confusion in my face and asked me if I needed help. Of course he led me over to the bottom shelf in the far corner of the last row to a little area of six very similar items ranging from $14 to $40. He handed me the first one that only cost about $20 and then I had four in my hand that just kept going up in price...then he told me that my laptop would blow up if I used anything less than the best so to be safe I had better buy the $40 one. I mean hey, those people that live in Europe that told me which one to get never mentioned anything about a laptop so it was a justified purchase.

Eleven days ago I went to orientation for the study abroad and got some homework that they strongly suggested that I do before I get to London. I have read from the book everyday...it has been the same page but we're focused on progress not perfection. I feel that the importance of doing the work grow everyday because I have 31, 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 25... days to get it done. Thanks Mom. This ominous countdown could not be more helpful.

The best part about the anticipation of going on the trip is that I am not worried about being there in an unfamiliar area. I am about taking pictures or posting to this blog enough so that everyone else is not worried about me.