Wish I Was Already On That Plane!

My name is Rose, I am a 21 year-old Tucson native studying creative writing at the University of Arizona, and I leave to study abroad England in exactly four months.

*deep breath*

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!


That may seem like a long way off, but with packing, planning, visa application, getting housing, and ESPECIALLY making and saving money in order to afford this trip, it isn't as far away as it sounds. And since I will be there for ten months (nearly a year! Longer if I can afford to travel after school lets out), I feel like four months is just a blip before the real adventure begins.

Things I'm doing right now to prepare:

• Trying to find a second job (daytime bank teller is an option)

• Work hard and try to get promoted from server and cocktail waitress to bartender at my current job (at an Irish Pub... isn't that a tid bit ironic/appropriate? ;P)
• Appointment with Study Abroad adviser on Tuesday - discussing visa application, plane ticket purchase (!!!), work abroad options
• Finding cheap but good quality sweaters, jackets, and other warm clothes at thrift stores/sale racks (this desert girl owns NO warm clothing except one or two long sleeve shirts and a jacket, and going from 100 degree weather to the rainy, cloudy UK is not going to be easy!)

I know there's more to be done, but that is just about all I can cram into my head right now. It's a busy weekend for the Pub, as the nearby college is having its graduation and it gets pretty darn busy with everyone in town celebrating. Crossing my fingers to make a decent chunk of money to deposit into my savings account!