So today was (is) the big day of goodbyes. Last night, I spent most of my time hanging out with friends at some fraternity parties and then stayed up until I left at 6AM for Bradley Airport. Saying goodbye was incredibly surreal, it was like a big wave of reality quite literally slapping me in the face; I can't believe I'm off to New Zealand tomorrow! And I can't believe that I won't be back until May. Thankfully, even though I'm reality is hitting, I managed to keep my teary farewells to a minimum. And thanks to some clever flight booking by my father, I was even able to stopover in Minneapolis and have lunch with him and my mother before flying to Los Angeles. That was really nice.
California is BEAUTIFUL!!! I've never seen palm trees that I actually like since all the ones I've seen look tacky and fake, but these ones are gorgeous! And it's sunny and breezy, I'm even wearing flip-flops! I'm staying at a hotel right now right by LAX since I don't fly out until tomorrow night at 7:30, and the hotel too is botanically designed! I could see myself vacationing for here for few weeks in the future...you know, when money and time decide to resurface for awhile. :)
As for the rest of the night, I'm going to finalize my packing as much as possible, work on last minute emails and messages, skype with a few friends, make a few calls, and ideally, get a good night's sleep before check-out at noon tomorrow. I'm also going to try to set up a flickr account to get my Iceland pictures posted. If that fails though, I'll just put up links to the albums since they are already on Facebook.
Alrighty! I guess after tonight, the next time I blog will be from Kiwi-ville herself! Wish me luck!
~Katie
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