Washingtonians [but not for long]

We finally had the chance to meet at the CBYX pre-departure orientation yesterday, and I must say I'm already fond of this little group. In exactly two weeks from today- two Sundays away!- the seven of us will be on a plane, going to meet up with the other 50 ASSE kids (Germany-bound students from AK, HI, ID, MT, ND, NV, OR, SD, WA, WY, and Northern CA).
 
And we will terrorize D.C.

Looking ahead, I can't wait to meet up with everyone at the end of this program next year. We're all going to the same country with the same program, but the experiences each one of us has are going to be wildly different, and so, so worth it- and then who knows what opportunities it will open up for each of us respectively in the future?

With two weeks to go, I've been whittling down my mini-bucket list as well. I got my bubble tea and mochi ice cream from the local asian food mart, took pictures of our downtown area and old highschool, and have been making Taco Bell runs whenever the opportunity presents itself. [How will I live without my Taco Bellllll? :'( I need my fake mexican food...]

And then yesterday, I visited my college.
I hadn't been thrilled about attending the University of Washington before, but I fell in love with it yesterday, after visiting it for the first time ever- you know, regardless of living less than an hour away, having applied back in November, accepted into it in April, and deciding to go there in May.

Plainly said:
It's about darn time.


Although there was never any question about the level of academics there, I was so happy to find that the campus suited me perfectly, and I'm thrilled to be spending my four post-CBYX years here. I hadn't been expecting to feel this way at all, but this visit has given me one more thing to look forward to coming back to!