There I go, I've gone and said it...

Well...I will not be applying for my visa yet. My mom says to wait till we get closer to the departure date. That's fine by me.

A couple of things I forgot to mention yesterday though which I'm happy to report today.

The first and most exciting is that Monica and Daniel Platt will be joining my soon-to-be side of the hemisphere in 2011! Although they will be on the mainland, Daniel (my high school friends husband, hahaha yeah, mouthful much!?) had ties to Taiwan and Monica has told me they wont pass up the chance to visit my future home. I'm totally excited at the prospect of having someone from home see me in Taiwan.

Next is that my aunt and I are going to trade between being tutors and tutees for each other. I will help coach her in English and she will help me with my Mandarin (and hopefully Taiwanese too).

and lastly... I bought a Chinese dictionary... which I will (try) dutifully to learn some basic characters in Chinese before I get to Taiwan.

There have been a few minor problems I've been mulling around in my head (and maybe yall can help)

• how in the hell am I going to get ALL my shoes over there =)
• how can I possible live without See's Candies/Sushi House/Fenton's/OB chicken/VH...etc.
• I can't help but miss all my books and DVDs i have to leave behind (I gotta make room for my shoes)
• how can I safely package my sunglasses collection/and my lovely perfumes
• am i taking my computer??? (probably not but I will NOT leave my music behind...I'd rather die... seriously)
• Mercury say's that I'll need jackets over there.... but really??? (I just checked the weather... it's raining but its still 73* over there)

Then there's the major problems (well more like one big one)

HOW WILL I SURVIVE WITHOUT MY FAMILY and FRIENDS??? smh...

and I'm actually going to move my shoe problem into the "major" category...

Just had the funniest convo with my cousin Jason... he thinks Taiwan is flat and boring... well when he comes to visit me (which he BETTER) I'll show him all the cool things he couldn't possibly have seen from inside of the airport.

ENDING THIS ON A GOOD NOTE:

Everyday that brings me closer to leaving my fears and apprehension are slowly fading and excitement it taking over. This will be good for me and I know that I can and will do this... and most importantly I will succeed!