belgium.

So it's finaly happened. I have finaly found out where I will be living for the better part of next year. I'm unbelieveably stoked for the concerts and food...and not so stoked for learning in another language, but at this point I'm just happy to be getting out of Idaho. BELGIUM 2010-11!!!!!!

Alyssa.

sleeping sickness.

You know, at one point, I would ALWAYS over sleep; and I'm not talking sleeping till ten on the weekends...I would literaly sleep half the day away and get up at 2:30. But now I no longer have that problem, quite the opposite in fact. Thanks to this forgien echange business I'm lucky to get 6 hours of sleep a night. While I only have to wait about 2 more weeks to find out what country I'm going to, I'm not sure that my "sleeping sickness" will be cured at that point. It's possible that the situation will worsen and I'll turn into a zombie. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

"It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep, because my dreams are bursting at the seams" -Adam Young

Sleep tight, Alyssa

new realization.

Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows Pt. 1 will be comming out next winter. I will be in another country next year. WHAT. AM. I. GOING. TO. DO? Seirously though, will there be subtitles? Will the movie still be in English and have subtitles for the general population? Also, I wonder if people are going to want to come to the midnight release with me. Will my host family even let me go? And will I be the only one dressed up in full costume? I forsee some problems, and that doesn't please me. NOTHING should come between me and my HP...not even the Dark Lord himself.

"If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals." ~J.K. Rowling


Slytherin REPRESENT, Alyssa.

wait untill i'm gone.

It's been roughly 48 days since I recieved my acceptance letter from Rotary Youth Exchange. It's been roughly 48 days since I've thought of nothing more than what awaits me next year. The day when I will finaly find out what country I'll be going to next year is slowy creeping nearer and nearer, but untill then I'm pretty much left in the dark. What I do know is this: I will be going to somewhere in Europe, there's a good chance I'll be going to either Belguim, Norway, France, Finland, or Germany, and an ever better chance for Belgium or France. To say I'm excited would be an understatement. I'm constantly day-dreaming of the adventure of my life I'm about to embark on but with the excitement comes fear. Don't get me wrong, I understand what a great oppertounity this is, but one would be daft to dive headfirst into something like this and not be scared. Regardless of how I feel this is happening and now we've reached the point where I explian why in the world I am typing this. Durrning the course of the following year/exchange I will be doing weekly if not daily updates on my situation to, if anything, keep my family and friends up-to-date on what's going on. Another reason for this blog is so I can have something to look back on, a clear memory of what is going to happen in the following year. However, if you are not one of my family members, friends, or even an aquantince I'd still love to have you join me on this trip to a new world.

"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.” -J.R.R. Tolkien

Untill next time, Alyssa.