One week from today, my flight leaves! It is just now hitting me... this very moment. Next Tuesday, I'm taking one suitcase and a bag or two onto a plane to fly 2,840 miles to the opposite side of the country. From sea to shining sea. Coast to coast. Alone. I mean, I know I officially "left home" last September when I moved to Rexburg, ID for my first semester at BYU-Idaho. But even then my whole family drove with me out there, I knew about 30 other students including two of my roommates, I had family less than 30 minutes away and a lot more family just 3 hours away. This time I'm flying alone and when I land at Orlando International Airport, I will officially have met one other person within a 2,000 mile radius of where I'll be living for the next four months. I guess it's a good thing I can make friends fast and am really trusting... :) Anyways, the moral of the story is: I can't wait. I am so excited for this new adventure in my life and I know that I am one of a very small percentage of people in the world who get an opportunity like this. So I am going to live it up!
Real Life:
So the countdown is down to only 7 days! In those 7 days I plan on working for 4 of them, spending 1 with my mom and sister at a Taylor Swift Concert, spending 1 at church and doing other lovely Sunday activities, spending 1 purely with my family, and spending 1 packing. And all of the time in between will be spent with my family. I think that pretty much covers it... Also, Garrett visited last week!! Woohoo!! We had so much fun and if I began to talk about everything we did, I would never be able to stop. Basically the week consisted of the beach, Josh Groban, a pool party, lots of driving, San Francisco, pictures, getting to teach the Sunbeam class for two whole hours, inner-tubes and wake surfing, arcade games, gummies, garbage bagging, Zombies, glow in the dark mini golf, Giants games, and meeting lots and lots of people. Needless to say, we had an absolute blast with him and I love the kid. He is leaving in 15 days (one week after I get to Florida) to report to the MTC in Provo and I am so proud of him! I can't wait to hear about all of the adventures he has over the next two years and all of the lives he is changing. What a stud :)
Here are some pictures from his visit!
Garrett and Adam found a crab on the beach...
At the Giants game... most exciting loss I've seen in a while!
Oh HEYYYY! Look who it is...
Isaac, Garrett, and Tori at Twin Peaks in San Fran.
Saying goodbye to his older brother :(
