Wow. Today I've realized how truly blessed I have been. It's amazing. A week or so ago I recieved an email confirming that I have been accepted into the study abroad program I have applied for. So, next spring I will be in Cheltenham, England! I don't think it's really hit me yet. I've been really excited, but I just can't comprehend living in England for 4.5 months! It's just surreal. Hopefully I'll have a spring break like they did this yea, about three weeks. That would give Mom and Dad some time to come over and travel with me. A few people have already said that they will try to come visit at some point. Hopefully I'll be able to visit all the places I want to. We have relatives that live in Belgium, but I've never met them. However, they are supposed to be at a family reunion this summer and maybe they will let me stay with them after school gets out, for a couple days. I haven't even complied a list of all the places I want to see. Let's see, there is France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal (maybe), Sweeden, Norway, Liechtenstien, and who knows where else! Of course, I'll go back to some of the places I went this past summer and I'm hoping to spend some holidays in the countries where they are most celebrated. I only have about 2 months of school left, and I'm more than excited. I can't believe my freshman year of college has gone by so fast. It's been pretty good, but summer vacation will certainly be good. Another thing that might be happening is a summer internship at the Mabee Farm, about 10 minutes away. I haven't heard back from them yet, so I don't want to get too excited. It would be amazing though. Being a museum curator is what I think I want to do with my life, so getting to start with things like that right now would be great. I'm so ready for spring. Today is the first day, but it doesn't look anything like it. I can't wait until the flowers start to bloom and the crops start to grow. I definately want to take a trip to Lancaster later in spring to see the fields. It'll be nice to have warm weather, too. We had a couple days of high 60's weather and it was great to get out the skirts and short sleeve shirts and wear those without having to wear a coat. Then, of course, we had about a foot of snow dumped on us. I guess it would be fair to mention that Mickey was put down about 10 days ago. He had a stroke and wasn't doing well at all. Strawberry seems to be ok, although she has been doing some odd things. A couple days ago we stopped at the pet store at the mall. There were two adorably cute dogs, one was a Shih Tzu and the other a Cocker Spaniel. They definately touched my heart. I can't wait until I have my own apartment, I'm going to have at least two dogs. Mom and Dad are going to get another dog eventually, but it doesn't look like it'll be either of those dogs (they were $1,000 each) or soon. Hopefully they will get a puppy right after I get home for the summer. That way I can bond with it for at least a little bit, and I can train it. It would be nice to get a bigger dog, but we obviously don't have a big enough yard to really give a bigger dog a great life. Who knows. I just hope Strawberry sticks around for a while longer. She's a great dog and she's only 4 year younger than me! I've had her since I was 4 year old, so we've grown up together. It'll be sad when she goes, I just hope it's peaceful. Anyways, I think I've written enough for now. Oh yeah, today is the day I had a dream a long time ago, about dying. I can't believe I've let that stress me out this long. Luckily, after today I'll be able to be fine. It's crazy. Okay, well I'm going to try to do something a bit productive! Pip pip, cheerio!