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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Woot Woot!
Almost finished packing (I am a complete procrastinator.)! I leave for New York tomorrow, woot woot!
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Goodbye Again?
Hi everyone!
I leave in just a couple of days and I figured I should write something as a sort of 'Goodbye to the USA' type of deal. I've written loads of 'Goodbye Letters' this week and this is just another one, hence the title of my post. It definitely hasn't hit me yet that I am leaving soon. You would think I would realize that this dramatic change is happening soon whenever I look out the window and think about how it could the last time I see snow in PA, or when I wake up to the sound of showers running and know that next Monday I'll be hearing somebody else get ready in the morning, or even when I eat peanut butter and think that I should wince at the thought of not having Jiff for 6 months. But it hasn't. I predict a rude awakening in my future. This week I've said goodbye to my friends(and managed not to cry) and to my extended family(I also didn't cry). It will be a different story when my parents and brother drop me off at a hotel in New York and I go off all alone. But, it will definitely be an adventure, and one that I am excited to start. I thought so much about why I am doing this and everything I will learn. My dream at the age of six is actually coming true- and I haven't even started packing. I'm only 16 and I'm prepared to try and spread peace across the world(which is one the things that AFS stands for). This wasn't one of my original reasons for going, but I feel honored and proud of myself when I realize that I really am go to get to do something that can impact the world, however small. I have always wanted to do something outrageous and difficult, as long as I help somebody, and think this is just the beginning of that path. *I feel I need this to be from the heart, no matter how corny it is, because this is the last post before I cross an ocean in plane and take a train in a foreign country to my new home. This should be the least you allow me to do ;)* Okay, but yes, enough of this annoying from-the-heart junk I hate to read when other people cry it to the world. (except when it is from friends in a sentimental letter especially for me)
I leave Wednesday for New York and I leave the USA Thursday morning for Paris. Also, I know I didn't keep up with the 'Counting My Memories', but I didn't think I would be so busy the last month before I left- silly me! Oh, and completely out of the blue, I'm going to tell you about a book I just read, mainly because it has distracted me from studying and packing this last week, so why not allow it to distract me from writing this post?! "Room", read it. It is really interesting, but boring at some parts, mainly because there is a lot of detail- but for a reason! Definitely Google it. It's not scary- so read it! Since I'm on the topic of books you should read, "Tales of Beadle the Bard". Get it. Read it. Love it. It's a sort of branch off of the Harry Potter series. And Harry Potter books are awesome, so....
Finally, thanks for all the support, my journey starts shortly! If you would like to receive these mass e-mails/Facebook messages that I am going to send out, let me know! What I'll do is write up a long message/letter sort of thing that describes everything I'm doing and seeing and such, and then I send that e-mail/Facebook message to the people who told me they would like to get it. I'll probably send it every two weeks to a month, which is about the same amount I will be updating this blog. (Everyone gets the same message, but I'm sure I'll be sending personal ones as soon as I get a schedule set up for myself.) Seriously, anyone who wants it, tell me, even if I don't know you too well, because I know I would want to hear about anyone's trip to France- even if I barely knew that person. I'm not scarey! (Dan, shut up.)
Hope I didn't make this post completely illegible with my poor grammar knowledge! I hope everyone has a fantastic 6 months!!
~Grace Mahoney
I leave in just a couple of days and I figured I should write something as a sort of 'Goodbye to the USA' type of deal. I've written loads of 'Goodbye Letters' this week and this is just another one, hence the title of my post. It definitely hasn't hit me yet that I am leaving soon. You would think I would realize that this dramatic change is happening soon whenever I look out the window and think about how it could the last time I see snow in PA, or when I wake up to the sound of showers running and know that next Monday I'll be hearing somebody else get ready in the morning, or even when I eat peanut butter and think that I should wince at the thought of not having Jiff for 6 months. But it hasn't. I predict a rude awakening in my future. This week I've said goodbye to my friends(and managed not to cry) and to my extended family(I also didn't cry). It will be a different story when my parents and brother drop me off at a hotel in New York and I go off all alone. But, it will definitely be an adventure, and one that I am excited to start. I thought so much about why I am doing this and everything I will learn. My dream at the age of six is actually coming true- and I haven't even started packing. I'm only 16 and I'm prepared to try and spread peace across the world(which is one the things that AFS stands for). This wasn't one of my original reasons for going, but I feel honored and proud of myself when I realize that I really am go to get to do something that can impact the world, however small. I have always wanted to do something outrageous and difficult, as long as I help somebody, and think this is just the beginning of that path. *I feel I need this to be from the heart, no matter how corny it is, because this is the last post before I cross an ocean in plane and take a train in a foreign country to my new home. This should be the least you allow me to do ;)* Okay, but yes, enough of this annoying from-the-heart junk I hate to read when other people cry it to the world. (except when it is from friends in a sentimental letter especially for me)
I leave Wednesday for New York and I leave the USA Thursday morning for Paris. Also, I know I didn't keep up with the 'Counting My Memories', but I didn't think I would be so busy the last month before I left- silly me! Oh, and completely out of the blue, I'm going to tell you about a book I just read, mainly because it has distracted me from studying and packing this last week, so why not allow it to distract me from writing this post?! "Room", read it. It is really interesting, but boring at some parts, mainly because there is a lot of detail- but for a reason! Definitely Google it. It's not scary- so read it! Since I'm on the topic of books you should read, "Tales of Beadle the Bard". Get it. Read it. Love it. It's a sort of branch off of the Harry Potter series. And Harry Potter books are awesome, so....
Finally, thanks for all the support, my journey starts shortly! If you would like to receive these mass e-mails/Facebook messages that I am going to send out, let me know! What I'll do is write up a long message/letter sort of thing that describes everything I'm doing and seeing and such, and then I send that e-mail/Facebook message to the people who told me they would like to get it. I'll probably send it every two weeks to a month, which is about the same amount I will be updating this blog. (Everyone gets the same message, but I'm sure I'll be sending personal ones as soon as I get a schedule set up for myself.) Seriously, anyone who wants it, tell me, even if I don't know you too well, because I know I would want to hear about anyone's trip to France- even if I barely knew that person. I'm not scarey! (Dan, shut up.)
Hope I didn't make this post completely illegible with my poor grammar knowledge! I hope everyone has a fantastic 6 months!!
~Grace Mahoney
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Counting My Memories(10)
I kept telling myself to not explain this post, but I felt nobody would understand any part of it. So... This post represents the weird things I stumble upon while on the family computer. Odd that most of them have to do with Dan? Not at all. (I'll probably add to this along the way.)
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
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