Getting ready to leave Austin

I am sitting behind my desk at KLRU writing a list of the things I need to take with me to Prague. Clothes, check. Shampoo, check. Passport, double check. It's so hard to imagine that I will be leaving Austin in a few days and going back home to little ol' Danbury. My freshman year has been amazing and I am going to miss it. It's even harder to imagine that I will be leaving Danbury a week after that for Prague. I have never left the U.S. and I am really nervous. So many questions keep racing through my mind. What will I eat? How will I communicate with people? What if I don't like it? Even though I have all of these worries, I am still excited beyond all reason for this adventure. I will have the opportunity to learn so much about the Czech culture and have a little fun along the way. So for now, while I am still firmly planted in the United State of America, I will put my worries behind me and just keep planning. Socks, check. Toothpaste, check. Sense of adventure, check.