7 days.

Hahaha ew, writing that title reminded me of watching "The Ring" in like 6th grade. Gross.

HI! Okay, I am leaving in a week. I'm beyond excited for this to finally happen. I signed up back around Christmas, so 8 months of just waiting has been torturous. Now that it's finally here, I AM frightened. Very frightened. But so stoked as well. There are days where I'm just like "Okay, I don't want to do this. If I don't go, my life will be so much easier.." But that, my friends, is no way to think. Ever. To be honest, that's always been my motto (sadly): "Always take the easy way out. Give up on everything you start." Not that I wanted it to be that way, of course not. But I've never really succeeded at...well, anything! I started college: gave up after 3 semesters of failing. I tried to learn the banjo: Gave up after 1 day of sucking. Tried to save up to buy a nice car so I can travel cross-country: Became impatient and bought a dud instead. So you see, taking the easy way out is second nature to me. So for me to do something like this, so out of the ordinary and unbelievably hard, is going to be one of the greatest challenges of my entire life. But I am so proud of myself for not giving up on it. Every person I know who has done this program, has absolutely loved it and has grown so much because of it. And boy, do I have plenty of growing up to do :)
      I went to my training course for the program and it was a bit crazy! Trying to learn a teaching method in 1 1/2 days is a bit overwhelming. They tell us we'll mostly be learning WHILE we're over there. So our first week or so of teaching will kind of be a disaster, which is silly to me. You'd think they'd give us a longer training course to prepare us better. I guess I'll find out! The teaching seems pretty simple. Really, you're just playing with the children. Making crafts, playing games, building things, etc. You just have to constantly be talking. Repeating everything, asking yes or no questions, and eventually they get the hang of it. I really hope my kids like me. I'm so bad with rejection, and if children don't like me then there really must be something wrong with me. Hahhaa. Let's just hope they do :)
       I head out for Vegas at 2:00 AM on Monday, the 26th. I have so much to do! So many friends to see before I leave. I'm going to miss all of them dearly. And my family. Oh goodness I will miss my mother so much. And my nephews. And everyone. Can't wait to bring them all home nice gifts. Now, before I keep rambling...
Toodaloo!
-Shelbi