let it snow, let it snow....let it stop snowing.

It seems it's a must to write about the snow. On one hand it truly is beautiful, on the other hand I am ready to have my freedom. I don't have much to say, but that I leave in 20 days, which freaks me out a little. I am also so excited I can hardly handle it...here are some pictures of my parents yard in this 'winter wonderland'.

31 and counting...

As I hit the keyboard to type ‘31 and counting’ my stomach rose up into my throat, my hands turned into soaking wet sponges, and my brain began to spark with puffs of smoke escaping out my ears. I am leaving in 31 days, in 31 very short days I am getting on an airplane and flying to Firenze, Italia, which I still can’t seem to wrap my head around. It’s still all very surreal, I am going to be living in Italy for a year and I won’t believe it till set foot in Italia. I have 31 more days, 31 days to spend with my family and friends, to attempt to grasp the idea that I am leaving. I don’t understand why I am having a hard time with us, part of me does, most of me doesn’t.

I am living with Mom and Dad until I board the plane, and I am so fortunate to have that option at all. I think that living in my house in NE up until I leave would have made things even more stress full than they have already been. Unfortunately, moving has caused mom and dad a lot more stress than I ever wanted nor intended. On top of my move, grandma and grandpa Soll are having problems and mom is trying, with her sisters help, to find a home for them to move into near here. I feel pretty horrible that I am causing my parents to be stressed, I guess stress comes with my territory. :)

So have you all gotten your skype accounts going? I hope so! :) Till I write again....31 days, WOW.

to skype, or not to skype: that is the question

Do you have a skype account? I have mentioned to many of my family, friends and people I see on the street that I will be using skype as a major form of communication while I am away, or at least that is the plan, who knows what will happen when I get there? With that said, I have about 3 friends on skype. My friend count could be lacking for several reasons: 1) none of you have skype accounts 2) you have accounts, but don’t know my screen name 3) you have skype accounts and don’t want to be my friend. So which is it? I prefer to think you are all to lazy to get sign up :) I highly suggest signing up. If you have a webcam we can actually see each other when we talk, how totally exciting is that? It’s really easy, super free and kinda fun. So now that I have coninced you to sign up, look for me, I’m ‘bodenk’. Please do it...for me? I don’t ask for much...