10 week countdown!

10 weeks from today (Monday the 7) is January 16 and I will be in Nassau relaxing on the beach or meeting up with new SAS friends at Señor Frogs :) getting SO excited!! adventure of a lifetime, you could not get here soon enough!

Pirates Ahoy!

http://www.coltstaxiservice.com/2010/04/film-locations-and-sites-in-pirates-of-the-caribbean-movie-series/

So the website talks about the island of Dominica, our first official stop on the trip (since Cuba has been bumped off the list :( ...bummer)

Anyways! A bunch of scenes from Pirates of the Caribbean 1 & 2 were filmed on the island! Too cool. Maybe I'll get to visit? Apparently the suspension bridge & the cannibal's village (which were both built by the film crew) are both still intact in the spots they were built.

¡Ciao for now!

oh. my. gosh.

okay stop it. this is ridiculous. i watched this entire video.
you could say i'm a little scared.............................

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DBGhXI586k&feature=youtu.be

Nassau - 1st stop

Nassau is the place I will be flying into and staying for the few days before the ship embarks :)

TOO beautiful

The Journey has begun...

As I sit on my bed, with SAS papers surrounding me & my final Visa finished up, this trip seems so much more real. Granted, I have to take my passport pics ASAP so I can actually send in my visas, but I am trying to get them done in the next few days. My goal is to get them done by Friday.

According to a fellow SASer on the Facebook page, today marks the 100day countdown. A 100 day countdown reminds me of Senior 100 days and how that flew by so quickly and looking at the calendar I know the next couple months are going to fly by and before I know it I'll be embarking on the trip of a lifetime and OH MY GOSH am I excited! I mean, I knew I was going to study abroad before I had even thought of applying to college, so you could say I've been waiting for this pretty much my whole life.

So here's my to-do list for the next several weeks/months:
- Finish Visas (take passport pictures & send in to Pinnacle)
- Register for classes tomorrow morning at 5AM!! (UGH! It's so annoying I have to do it so early but it's an 8AM registration time on EST of course, why couldn't they have done this at like 1pm on a Saturday. I mean really, is it that difficult to do it on a weekend? Oh well, over it.)
- Book my flight to Nassau
- Book my hotel for Nassau
- Fill out financial aid application
- Go to Chapman study abroad meeting
- Figure out cabin assignment
- Figure out trips while en route
- Make sure I have everything I need to take
- PACK

I'm sure there's several more things I'm forgetting but whatever...

Alright, well on top of all I have to do for SAS, I also have actual school to worry about right now. And I have to go study for a test I have tomorrow. Adios!


adeus! (that's goodbye in Portuguese)
Mackenzie