T- Two Weeks!

It's just t minus two weeks until I leave for Edinburgh! I've been working hard and have finally found a group of girls (I hope) to go flat hunting with and then leave with for the year! They are:

1. Caoimh - she's 23 and getting her LLM in International Law; originally from Cork, Ireland
   
2. Sophie - she's 22 and getting her PhD in Chemistry; originally from around Belfast, Northern Ireland
   
3. Louise - she's 26 and getting her MSc in Global Health and Public Policy; originally from Cambridge, England

I hope we all get along! I've been talking to Caoimh since around May and Sophie and Louise in just the last few weeks but they all sound so nice! But who knows what will happen when we all come together. My hope is that we can all spend time together occasionally for nights in and out, share a supper or two, and just have someone to talk to. I'm pretty sure we're all nearly in the same boat not knowing anyone pretty much. Although, luckily I will now know someone in the UK! My cousin Julie and her husband are moving to England in October so I can't wait for that! I have already reserved Thankgiving with them :)

It's been getting pretty stressful here already. Being an American going abroad, I feel like there's so much stuff I need to get ready. Stuff that I wouldn't need to do if I was just going to graduate school somewhere in the US. I officially had my last day at work yesterday (YAY!) so now I have time to focus on everything. This week I plan to:

• Organize all my Scotland papers
• Change my auto-insurance
• Cancel my health insurance. Since I'm going back to school full-time, I get to mooch off my parents insurance again. Thanks Obama!
• Head to the bank to do some paperwork stuff
• Get car washed and buy a car cover
• Go to the eye doctor
• Get my hair done
• Go to the gym every day (please, please actually do this!)
  
• Clean, clean, clean the house (see below for reason why)

This Saturday we're having a going away party. Well, we've really just been wanting to have a party so we made that the reason! We got a new patio so it better not rain! Should be fun. I can't wait to see all my friends and family one more time before I leave.