Last Night in America

Words of advice from my father, "Pack warm clothes".

Thanks, dad, because I didn't already know it was going to be freezing over there. This is also coming from the man who, when I was in elementary school, thought it would be a brilliant idea to put my gloves in the toaster to warm them up. And just like two pieces of toast, my magenta gloves were crisp and burnt. I learned at a young age that the toaster is only used for food. 

My last two American dinners were classic: cheeseburger from Cheeburger Cheeburger and chicken quesadilla from Qdoba. I've pretty much been gorging myself with as much stereotypical American food as possible these past couple days and even packed a jar of peanut butter in my suitcase. Speaking of food and drink, I read in my travel book that the Norwegian term for "pregame" (i.e pregaming the bars) is "foreplay". Made me laugh out loud while I was sitting in the bank. 

I actually finished most of my packing a couple days ago. I just have some last minute toiletries and plane essentials left. I feel like I'm packing for sleepaway camp again. Except that this time around I'm 20 years old and don't have a counselor to feed me and tell me what to do. I'm excited to finally be on my own in a foreign country and am surprisingly not that nervous. I still have no idea who my roommates are or if they'll even speak English, but I've been to camp enough times to be comfortable around complete strangers and acclimate to new environments. Things might change though once I step off the plane and realize I'm not in America anymore and can't just call my mom whenever I want and expect her to come to me.  

I'm sad I won't be in College Park and Maryland, especially with all my friends who are graduating this spring, but at least I got to say goodbye to everyone that I care about these past few days. Saying goodbye to all my friends has definitely been the hardest part thus far but I'm ready to meet new people and try new things. Plus I'm not really going to be gone. I still exist...on the internet. 

Anyways, I guess I should go to sleep now. My flight tomorrow is a red-eye. Stay tuned for more updates. I promise pictures will be coming soon. 

PS - I'm not writing this post at some obscure hour in the morning. I just switched the time zone to Norwegian time which is 6 hours ahead.