Ready? Uncheck

- Dorm supplies: 1/2 check
- Packed: 3/4 check
- Roommate: check
- Emotions in tack: UNCHECK

So, Friday at 7:00 in the am, I will no longer be living at my house 24/7. It's going to be a very emotional and mental roller coaster. I have never been away from my house for more than a week in my ENTIRE life (shows how much I get out haha). I'm physically and mentally ready, but not emotionally, and if you'd ask me why, I couldn't tell you. I'll only be 30 minutes away. I'm glad I didn't jump on the Winthrop bandwagon this year because I honestly wouldn't be able to live 2 hours away right now (with everything that's going on and just because I don't feel ready). I think the further distance I go (gradually), the better off I'll be. What's funny is, I'm going to Columbia College this year, planning to go to Winthrop next year, and then either the spring of 2011/fall of 2011, I'm planning on studying ABROAD IN AUSTRALIA FOR 5 MONTHS!! If that's not a BIG GAP of gradualness, I don't know what is! haha. I know I can do this though because I have faith in God to get me through anything and everything and I also have faith in myself, to push myself no matter how hard I feel like falling down. I'm shooting for my dreams and I'm going to make those dreams come true no matter what anyone says because they don't matter. God's doing this for a reason and I'm determined to succeed in everything He throws at me. So, even though I'm definitely not EMOTIONALLY ready to do any of this, I know I can do it because I have God and I have the MOST AMAZING family and friends here to back me up! "Don't let anyone back you down. You must do this for YOURSELF because can't never could!" - Pocahontas (not the ACTUAL Disney Pocahontas-inside joke) <---you know who you are if you're reading this :)