30 days

{photo thanks to feaverish}

i can't really believe that i have one week of classes, then finals week, and then i'm no longer a sophomore. that is slightly ridiculous to me.

anyways, going back to more travel related things... i leave in 30 days. flying out june 29th and flying back august 21st. i can't believe i'm spending most of my summer in countries that i've been dreaming of for years.

i want to send postcards everywhere i go, to everyone i love. and paste some in my travel journal. i want to bring back tons of souvenirs for everyone, but i'm not sure that my single form of luggage (my backpack) will hold everything.

i guess i'll have to wait until i'm in germany and about to fly home. i can hardly imagine june 29th coming.. let alone coming back in august.

a lot of emotions and feelings are going into this summer.

oh! my ACL is still torn.. but i can walk better and my MRI is this thursday (which will probably just confirm that i need surgery which i'll postpone to next summer). but it hurts less, which is a plus... oh softball, what i sacrifice for thee.

just my luck

turns out i tore my ACL. i can barely walk without feeling like my knee is giving out. i may not be able to go after all.

40 days...

until i leave for europe.

i just got an updated itinerary and finished booking our athens hotel and am kind of surprised that it's only 40 more days. ridiculous. also, i sprained my knee on monday... which is unrelated. BUT, if i am not better by my trip i am going to be sad.

anyway, here is a list of places i will be going while with ucla:

athens

nauplion

sparta

olympia

delphi

thessaloniki

istanbul

mykonos

patmos

rhodes

santorini

... so anxiousscaredexcited.

people to miss {raine}

i love writing about people i know, and what they mean to me. since this is my travel blog, i'm going to call each of these entries "people to miss," because i will most certainly miss them when i can't see them all the time. this blog is about my niece, raine, and i think the best way to talk about her is to let her cuteness speak for itself.

these are all from hanging out this past saturday:

playing bubbles




hanging out in the backyard
and at the park
i love this baby with all of my heart.

Finally

So... I just booked my flight [finally].

This feels weird.