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Woooo first post! So I have officially enrolled for India, and made my first payment! Exciting...I guess... This whole trip planning has been pretty crazy, especially since being the genius that I am, I managed to coincide it perfectly with the start of another semester of classes. I still have a pretty big list of things to accomplish:

1. Apply for visa: which will probably be OK since it involves a trip to the Indian embassy, which is like right down the street from my dorm.
2. Vaccinations (Hep A, Typhoid, Malaria, diarrhea????): not only are they all on the same day, none of them are covered by health insurance!
3. Fundraise
4. Buy a plane ticket: probably the best part of the trip is the eminent 24 hour flight

So thats whats on my plate these days, along with my class load, and a few other hobbies. I decided to join gospel choir, yeah I don't know what I was really thinking either. But it's turning out to be really coooooool, and the first practice was so ridiculous.

Anyways, thanks guys for checking out my blog, I promise it will get more interesting once I actually make it to India and have real stories to tell. On a side note, check out the CCS website, which is listed below, for more info on what exactly the program is all about. Anddddd, if you feel so inclined, you can go to my.crossculturalsolutions.org, and type in my username (which is em8268a), under the heading for "Sponsors" to get info about making a donation to fund this wonderfully amazing experience I am partaking in!

On a final note, even though I've managed to complain my way through an entire first post, I really do honestly feel so blessed to have been offered this opportunity, and to have friends and parents willing to help me through the whole process. I am looking forward to an amazing three weeks....