in the mail

I sent all of my documents to Korea on Tuesday and they will be there by the time I wake up tomorrow morning! How cool is that? I love FedEx. Anyway, now it's just waiting for the Visa Issuance number and then I can go to Chicago to get my Visa. I'm still sort of freaking about the time frame, but I've been getting better about that. Anyway, I've been working at McDonald's since about the time I got home. It's been ok, not too busy yet and I am actually enjoying myself. It could be that I have an end in sight, but it could also be because I don't care anymore and I just need a paycheck or two.

I spent a Monday in Kenosha with my grandparents and I made them some food to freeze. Their freezer was full of stuff from the early 2000's and I found a lemonade concentrate from 1996. I helped them clean the freezer out and restocked it with chicken paprikash, grilled chicken breasts, breaded pork chops and beef stroganoff. I enjoy my grandparents and I am going to miss them while I'm in Korea, but I'm trying to spend as much time with them as I can right now. In August, they will be celebrating their 60th year of marriage. Incredible.

I'm trying to keep this updated more because I have more time and my departure date is fast approaching. I leave in 36 days! I bought a Korean in 60 minutes CD and I have been using it a little, not as much as I would like, but I am going to put it on my mp3 player so I can listen at night and when I work out at the YMCA. I want to know how to say stuff and understand stuff so I don't feel completely lost. It's just exciting right now, I'm super stoked!!

graduation

Well, I'm finally a college graduate!! Ole Miss class of 2008!! I graduated on Saturday (May 10th) and I'm so excited that I'm finished with school. I will go back, someday, but not for a few years at least. I'm ready to make the world my classroom.

I'm back in Wisconsin now until I leave for Korea (a short vacation to Kansas City, but otherwise it's 7 weeks of home). Tomorrow I've got a lot to do in preparation for my departure: getting transcripts, mailing background checks to have them apostilled, faxing information, etc. I've already received my signed contract from BIS and I'm incredibly excited to embark upon this adventure. Until then, it's a 9th summer at McDonald's. Ahh. Well, it's been a long day of air travel and I'm off to bed.