So, as most or all of you know I'm currently in my senior year at UCSB and I am being totally blessed with the opportunity to study abroad in Chile for six months starting in January of this year! I'm so excited and so terrified. My Spanish is getting pretty good, and I'm hoping to be fluent by the end of my time there. Getting ready is super annoying. I'm still not totally done with all the paperwork and prerequisites to actually get there. The plane tickets are bought, my health clearance came through, GPA is solid, but I still need to get police clearance (verification of a lack of criminal record from the county sheriff's department), "apply" to U Chile and pick classes and finally actually go to the Chilean Visa Consulate in San Francisco on Dec. 16th and get my student visa. It's been a long, often irritating process to get there, but once I'm there I know it will be worth it.
My aunt bought be some awesome new North Face gear and my parents bought me a really nice new digital camera that I've been playing with for a week. I'm trying to pack and having to leave behind a lot that I want to bring, but it's cool because I want to get a bunch of stuff while I'm over there.
Anyway, I'll update this thing with status updates and pictures every few days, weeks, whatever, so those of you who want to can keep track of my adventures. ¡Vamonos!
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