things just got serious

So Thursday night I had another meeting for my internship. This made our second meeting. In this meeting our placements were chosen. I am officially going to be living in South Africa for 10 weeks this coming summer. I am really excited to finally know. But then comes where it became so serious to me... we will be gone from may 10 til july 20. OH MY GEE! I won't be in America for the whole month of june. AND an interesting thing is all my besties will more than likely be out of the country this summer too. But only one other will be gone for 10 weeks. Joe will only be gone for 3 1/2 weeks, which means in that time it will be near impossible to contact him. sad day. I also got to see pictures from people who went last year and I know that I am going to be changed forever. *aside from being completely changed* I hope I see an elephant. haha

On to another thought...Thanksgiving is coming up and I am sooo excited. I LOVE Thanksgiving. It is my favorite holiday. Last year's was kinda lame though so I'm hoping this years will make up for it. Joe is spending it with me and my family. Also I am hoping to see lots of family and maybe some friends too. Some of my favorite things about Thanksgiving are: my house is always so warm, it smells like food, I always watch the macy's parade while helping my grandma, [after my family gets there] eating the food ( specifically turkey, cream style corn, mashed potatoes, and gravy(it's always incredible), and finally putting up the christmas tree with my cousin Catie. Here is a picture from Thanksgiving 2008.

So my wonderful boyfriend just got back from a big road trip with a friend. I missed him while he was gone but I don't think I realized how much I actually missed him until he got back. I really think that spending time apart for awhile renewed our relationship. It's weird I feel like we've been apart for weeks when it's only been a few days. This break will be great! Anyways I should stop rambling and start studying for espanol examen. I'll keep updating on South Africa.

Thanks for reading!

Lindsey Rae