Last Night in Alabama

So the excitement wasn't here for a while. I talked to Chaz for a while today while he reorganized and rearranged the apartment and the thought that I would be there in approximately two days seemed so surreal, almost like I was dreaming and that it wouldn't happen. But the excitement hit tonight when my mom was asking me what I wanted for my last dinner in the states. We went to Guthries. Gotta get me some of that good deep fried chicken and super sweet sweet tea before I leave! It was yummy. :)

After dinner I did a last minute check over of my bags, including checking to make sure I had all the chargers and adapters I needed. I also reweighed my bag to make sure it was okay still. :) I don't believe that I've forgotten anything... but then, if I've forgotten it I would hardly remember it, now would I?

I had a minor freak out when I tried to check in for my flight and United wouldn't let me. That wasn't what caused the freak out. Because that part makes sense. They have to make sure my passport and visa are valid before they can let me check in since I don't have a return flight. The freak out kicked in when I started thinking about airports and how I was flying into Germany before I flew into France. There's this weird thing called an airport transit visa, and no matter how much I researched it I couldn't find anything official saying that I didn't need one. Which causes major freaking out the night before I leave!!! Luckily, I realized that one of my really good friends Sandra, who is such an amazing person, flew to Marseille last year and I thought I remembered her flying through Germany. So I called her in a panic asking her if she had flown through Germany and if she had needed an airport transit visa. She reassured me that I'd be fine and that she hadn't needed one for the same flight situation (albeit through Frankfurt instead of Munich). Then I got to catch up with her, which was awesome. I'm horrible at keeping in touch with people, as most of my friends can attest to, so I hadn't really heard from her since I went to visit her in Boston over Fall Break save for a brief conversation at the end of the semester. Yay for awesome friends that you meet through study abroad!!!

Today is my sister Emilie's 30th birthday, so I talked to her a bit today and realized how much I'm going to miss how easy it will be to talk to all of my friends and family. On Monday I went to Tuscaloosa and had lunch with one of my friends Robyn at Fresh Foods and my friend Agi and her boyfriend Riri came as well! As I was walking to meet her my friend Carly who I studied abroad with last Spring semester came up from behind and scared me half to death! But I got to briefly see her which was good as I was a complete fail friend this past semester in hanging out with her and seeing her. Props on wearing the Maman shirt, by the way!! Then I got to see Betsy the Bestest Bestie! Wahoo! (Despite the fact that I forgot to give her a hug after lunch and say a final goodbye). Then yays for good lunches! I met up with Jackson and Megan and we went and got dinner at Chipotle for a farewell dinner. Farewell to them, and farewell to semi-mexican food! :(

Now I'm just sitting here thinking about how I really should clean my room and straighten things up and finish charging all my electronics. But I'm honestly too bouncy and excited to really think about it! (I did do some cleaning earlier today and it looks much better now... although it does still leave something to be desired). Maybe if I changed my Pandora station to something different from Ingrid Michaelson I'd get in more of a mood to clean!! Hmm... There's a possibility.

Everyone keep your fingers crossed that my flights all go okay and that there's no bad weather, delays, or cancellations!