thank you!

I'm getting so much support from all my friends and family and even my mom's friends at work for this trip. Thanks everybody for your help! I really appreciate it. I will be leaving Chicago on June 26th for my Gateway Orientation in New York, and then I will be leaving New York on June 27th. I'm so excited and can't hardly wait. I can't wait to meet more people when I get to New York at the orientation that will be flying to Italy with me. We won't leave New York until about 8:45 at night! and we will change planes the next day in Zurich, Switzerland and then arrive in Rome at 2:00pm. Coming back, it will be the same thing, and I will get back to New York at 3:45pm on August 2nd. It's all sinking in now that this is really about to happen. AFS has sent me SOOOO much information in the mail and email that I have to read before I go. My head is spinning with all the stuff they sent me but it's so exciting. I'll be updating again soon!