Confession

I've been thinking about plan write-a-blog-post-before-I-leave for about a month now. Even though I created this blog to share my experiences studying abroad, I wanted to get the first post out of the way before getting there. And then I could say, whenever people told me they wanted to hear about my study abroad: "I have a blog." Instead of what they got to hear - "I'm kinda thinking about maybe starting a blog . . . yeah."

First, I was going to write about seeing Much Ado About Nothing. My friend from church choir, Mara, invited me to go with her. It was amazing, partially because I love Shakespeare, and partially because Beatrice and Benedick were spectacular, and partially because the Department of Theatre and Drama did a very good job. But mostly because Joey Richter, who played Ron in A Very Potter Musical, was in it.

My second plan was to write about the drive to North Carolina to visit my grandparents for Christmas. We hadn't driven there in a few years, so the plan was to catch all the thoughtful reflections on past trips and post them on the internet. Thoughtful reflections: The backseat was smaller than I remembered and Ohio took a lot longer to drive through than I remembered. And my first trip to Chick-fil-A yielded a very tasty chicken sandwich. Not-so-thoughtful reflections that were not-so-deserving of their own blog post.

And then the plan was a New Years Eve post. I played Loaded Questions and ate Jell-O. I highly recommend both activities.

I'm sure you can tell which plan I chose - plan wait til the night before my plane leaves, and then give you a lengthy account of the plan. So let's just hope that plan catch-a-plane-to-Denmarks works out better than plan start-my-blog-before-plan-catch-a-plane-to-Denmark!