The Last USA Post

Well friends, this is my last writing from the US of A. In 37 hours and 40 some odd minutes I will be boarding a 747 (hopefully business class) headed toward my future! I am so so exited for my departure! It is going to amazing! All I know is adventure lies in my future! My bags are packed and I'm rearin' (no pun) to go! I am hardly bringing anything, most of what I have is horseback riding thing, my horseback riding boots, and my boots for the horse, helmet, other boots, chaps, a lot of stuff.

Sweet swirling asparagus tips I'm going to miss my friends! The good-byes are hard, but it won't hit me till I'm on the beach on New Years Day, then it will hit me...

Loves much, I can't wait to write from the land down under!

xoxo
- Lenka

My Jet Plane is Almost Here

So last night I called my friend, Michelle, in Australia to get details about me coming over. It was great, I'm arriving on the 29th, we changed plans to spend New Years on the beach near Sydney! Then I will be in Yass with Michelle and start working with Timmy and Tommy my horses that I will get to use while there! Then around the end of January I will be working with either Natalie who lives in Yass, or Nicole who lives in the Hunter Valley! I will be working and getting payed while down there. I'll be like a working student working for the rider getting their horses ready, riding a certain amount of horses for them, and grooming for them at shows. I can never say this enough, but I am so excited! It's my journey of a lifetime and I can't wait!
I don't know how the rest of my life is going to compare, but I am going to live it up while I'm down there.

Aussie Aussie Aussie! Oi Oi Oi!

The countdown is on, 21 days until I leave the United States for my four month journey. I can't believe it is coming so fast. It seems like just last month that I got back from camp. There is so much that I need to get ready, just personal stuff, like packing, moving back to my house, and such.

It's a bitter-sweet departure. There is so much I am going to miss. I don't know how I am going to survive without Camille. She is the one I can vent to, the one person I feel ultimately comfortable telling anything. Then there are new friends that I have made this year. My first group of friends not from high school. They are so awesome a part of me doesn't want to leave. But I know this is one of my journeys of life that is going to help shape me as a person.

The parents are very skeptical about me going. I understand that as I go into a foreign country I am putting myself into a lot of risks and important decisions. The people I am going to be staying with are not Mormon and do not hold the high standards that I have committed to my life. They do know that I have these standards and they really respect my decisions on them.

I am so excited to go and I'm surprised that I haven't already started packing. Usually when a big trip comes up, I start packing weeks almost a month before I leave. Actually I need to get on that... But everything is falling into place and it is going to be a journey of a lifetime!