PICTURES!!!

I have been cleaning and reorganizing my room looking for old things that I don't want anymore and can sell at a yard sale. I don't live in the right spot for yard sales so I don't think a lot of people will come, but I have faith because the money I make at this yard sale will go towards my trip, no surprise there. I will also be selling some things on eBay as well, hopefully there will be more people interested on eBay.

Still no word back from my teacher Mr. J with the recommendations, but I know he will do them and let me know by tonight. With the YFU application you need to send in 8 2x2 pictures of yourself and 5 pictures of you and your family/friends/pets/hobbies/activities. I was not sure which pictures to do. I do not have many pictures where I look good. I was able to find five and I don't look to bad. I am smiling and having a good time. Most of the pictures are me and my friends only one is with my family and that's my older cousin.

I am still working on creating a paypal account on my blog and have to talk to my mom some more about it, maybe after dinner. Last night I finished writing my host family letter, but I know I need to add some things and make it better. With the YFU scholarships you have to answer five questions with at least 250 words for each answer, and I completed all five last night as well. Now I have to type them up and save them. I also need to type up an email to send to EVERYONE and let them know I am going to be studying abroad and in need LOTS of money and their help.

I don't want to forget about other things I have to do in my life and during the summer, but I also want to go and study abroad. I know next year will be hard with classes and anticipation for senior year and it is going to fell like forever!!! But once I am there it will be worth it. I finally complete one aspect of the application or print out pictures and take a breath and start thinking about what else I need to do and I just feel like I am running out of time. I don't know why, I know I have about a year before I would leave and like 5 months before the application is due and 2 months of summer to enjoy myself and relax so why am I getting all worked up?? It's driving my crazy!!!

I really want to host again this year, but I would rather get a boy for a few reasons that I will not go into right now. My older brother would have to share his room with our new foreign brother and he has not said yes to this idea, but he didn't say no either. I have talked to my friends who hosted this year and he seemed to get a lot out of it and that's what I wished would have come out of my hosting this year but our experience ended short and badly for a number of long reasons I can't explain right now.

Summer job (for now): BABYSITTING!!!
I will be baby sitting my cousin throughout the summer and making around $20 a day which is not bad at all. I will be starting up a new checking account and putting all the money I make and raise in there to go towards my trip.

I am just so excited and I am not over the fact that my parents said yes and I have started the application process of studying abroad!!!