I went to say goodbye to my grandparents today, and I was greeted by my grandfather handing me and atlas that was approximately 50lbs, he told me that it had all the information I needed to know about Denmark. I entertained the idea of bringing it for approximately 20 minutes, learning about the history(the history from 50 years ago; so more like history’s history) of the country I will soon be inhabiting, before I had to break it to him that the atlas wasn’t worth the $95 to check an extra bag and my iphone would just have to suffice.
If only the atlas had contained a packing list… I have been putting off this daunting task day after day. Approximately a month ago I pulled the bags I was planning on packing out of the closet and they have been sitting empty on my floor reminding me that at some point I would have to actually try to pack up my entire wardrobe and fit it into two tiny bags. I discovered this morning that I am far from an expert packer and would be far from fitting my entire wardrobe in my two bags. I threw in my rain coat and my rain pants and then began to go drawer by drawer deciding what I could leave behind, it took about 4 hours and my mom telling me that I could probably leave behind the tank top I bought at the beginning of last summer that still had the tags on it for me to be ALMOST packed.
All of this preparation has been distracting me from the fact that I really will be moving across the ocean at the end of the week. I haven’t even finished my internship, haven’t printed my boarding pass, haven’t figured out how to wear the 7 pairs of shoes on the plane that didn’t fit in my suitcases. What have I done? Basically blabbered to all of my family, then all of my friends, then the grocery store clerk, then the dentist, then my boss, okay you get it I blabbered to everyone about how excited I was and how I was about to have the time of my life.
Now as I sit here, leaving tomorrow my biggest worry is the flight, I have never traveled internationally before. Luckily I was added to a group chat on facebook with some other girls on the same flight as me from DIS, it definitely eases some nerves. Also the fact that I was told I will probably get vanilla ice cream on the plane 🙂
I am also worried about leaving my friends, having to find a pool to swim, and having a roommate who is not my best friend. On the other hand I cannot wait to explore and find out every little thing I love about Copenhagen.
Now I have a million other things to say but I am so scatter brained that I cannot manage to get it into one post. My dad is also calling me to help him with the vacuum bags for my suitcase. I plan to arrive very early at the airport tomorrow to ease nerves so I predict I will have time to write another post, and since I will be through security(hopefully) maybe it will be more straight forward and less word vomit.
xoxo a girl copen’ with anticipation
Copen(hangin') 