It's been a rocky road. I've known for almost a year now that I'm going to NZ, and I know about as much now as I did then. Last night at our cohort "pre-graduation" party (since Laura and I can't be there for the real one), we played the, "Everyone ask Sarah and Laura any question about New Zealand and they have to answer" game. We got to sing the national anthem (if you were wondering, it goes 'Kiwis, kiwis, we'll forever be united as kiwis'). If you were to tell me where I am going to live, I would tell you here:
Yeah, aren't you jealous???! I'm just saying, if I don't have scenery like that right outside my window, I might be pretty upset, haha.
It's starting to feel really surreal. It's hard to think that in almost 11 days, I'll be on the longest trip of my life so far, and the farthest away from home. Thank God that Laura and Chelsea will be with me. 12 hour layover in Los Angeles. Sounds miserable... until we found out that Chelsea's great aunt is going to pick us up from the airport at 930 in the morning and take us to the beach for the day! Yes :-) I've never been to Cali, so that'll be fun, and I can say that I actually spent time there. Then it's a 13 hour flight to Auckland, then another 3 1/2 hours to Sydney. I don't get to experience an April 2nd, 2010 since Sydney will be 16 hours ahead of Madison. Good thing that's not my birthday.
We DID get an email response about our visas today. Jo (our coordinator) sent in a nice friendly email last week asking our contact in Wellington to get a letter of invitation from the schools we will be working at because we need it for our visas. We need these letters by Tuesday. She responded a few hours ago with, "We're so excited for you to get here! I'll pick you up at the airport! I'll be sure to look for the American girls speaking with an accent."
Good... but if I don't get my visa, I can't come at all! AHhhhhhhh.
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