I got accepted into the study abroad program.
I start January 18 :)
I'll be back almost exactly four months later.

I'm ready to feel cozy
With thick winter scarves wrapped around my neck
A cup of warm coco up against my lips
Watching it snow outside my window.

I'm ready for the holidays
Catching up with friends over fresh cookies
Laughter spilling across the table
As colorful Christmas lights shine upon our faces.

Tomorrow is the deadline for my spring study abroad application.

Once I get my paperwork in, I can finally focus on making arrangements. That's scary...primarily because I have no idea whats in store for me once I get over there. That's college for you though, you never know what you're about to experience. It's going by way too fast...

I won't always live in a small room and drive an old car...I won't always have the kind of independence that holds me accountable for no one but myself....Someday I'll do bigger things...someday, hopefully, I'll use my knowledge to make a difference in other people's lives... when that time finally comes these few years will seem so distant and unfamiliar. I just hope that I never forget the significance of right now. I hope I never forget about the things I learned, and the friends I made. I hope I keep a piece of my college self with me as I grow old...the memories will keep me young.

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Some are like water, some are like the heat
Some are a melody, some are the beat
Sooner or later they all be gone
Why don't they stay young?

It's so hard to get old without a cause
I don't want to perish like a fading horse
Youth is like diamonds in the sun
and diamonds are forever

So many adventures couldn't happen today
So many songs that we forgot to play
So many dreams swinging out of the blue
We let them come true

Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever, forever?