It's the day before I leave to go to London and my room is in a frenzy. I'm one of those work-better-under-pressure people so I just started to pack today. I haven't finished packing yet, as you can see by my picture, but I'm almost done. This past week has been crazy! I was on fall/winter co-op for the past six months, and last Wednesday was my last day. Ever since my last day of co-op, I've been getting ready to go abroad. There are so many things to do before you study abroad that I've never even thought of. For starters, I had to make sure that my bank and credit card company knew that I was overseas so that they didn't shut down my accounts with them. I also had to get in touch with my insurance company and have them send me a three month supply of my medications so that I didn't have to deal with getting refills when I was abroad. I went to the bank and exchanged some money so that I didn't have to worry about that right away when I landed in London, and I also got some travelers checks. When I talked to my bank, they said that it can be more expensive to take out money of an ATM overseas because you get hit with all of the exchange fees. I wanted to avoid that, so I figured travelers checks might be the way to go. When I told my uncle, who travels frequently, about my travelers checks, he laughed and said he didn’t know people still used them…So I don’t know how much use I’ll get out of them but I guess I’ll find out. Besides preparing physically for the adventure I’m about to embark on, I’ve been trying to prepare emotionally. For one, I’ve been on co-op for the past 6 months so I’m a little rusty on my studying habits and I’m not really in the mindset for class right now. I’m also trying to prepare for the culture change because even though they speak the same language, they definitely have different customs and a different culture altogether. Everyone has asked me if I’m nervous to leave, but honestly I’m more excited than nervous because it doesn’t feel like I’m really going to London tomorrow…but I am! I think that it will all hit me when I’m on the plane, but I’ll have a nice 8 hour flight to calm down and think about what the next 10 weeks have in store for me. Next time I’ll write I’ll be in London..ahhhh!!