The Adventure Begins

I have just realised that I have now passed the 6 month mark…as in, LESS than 6 months before I am leaving the country in the pursuit of the Disney Dream! Even though my flight is booked and I’ve got my tickets, it still doesn’t feel real.
I’ve been making plans for the end of my contract and what I am going to do with the 30 days I have got to roam the country before having to come back to Old Blighty. I don’t have to leave the States until 2nd January 2012 so I might spend Christmas and New Year in New York. I can’t believe that I am actually going to get the opportunity to do all the things I said I would – Spend a Christmas abroad, see New York, live in America…saving the money is going to be difficult, but not impossible and totally worth it.
And so the wait, the countdown, the adventure begins here.
Each time something of note happens, it will be documented on here, as well as the occasional post about everything and nothing in between.
The applications for the programme re-open in just a few short weeks, and I am trying to help everyone who is thinking of applying the best I can by sharing the inside knowledge. I am trying to convince my friend Danielle to apply; in fact, I have practically filled out an application for her. Don’t get me wrong, I am looking forward to making a hundred new friends but it would be nice to share the experience with someone who really knows me.

I’m still trying to figure out what this is going to mean for my relationship; I couldn’t possibly expect him to wait a year. But I’ve asked him to consider me as an option when I come back, and he’s said he will, which is good enough for me. No one knows what’s going to happen in the next 18 months; in fact we could split before I even start packing. He’s already told me in one of many long discussions about it that once I’m gone that will be the end, which makes me a bit sad really. My timing really sucks. I’m not having second thoughts about going, although I’m sure other people are convinced I haven’t got the bottle to do it. That’s why I booked my flight so early on; to prove to other people (as well as my self, if I’m being really honest) that I have got the guts to do something this big, this life-changing. There’s one thing I have learned, and that’s whenever you have a dream, there will always be someone out there ready to rain on it.
But that’s ok. I have an umbrella :)