I AM LEAVING TOMORROW, 7/11/09!!!

I will arrive at JFK airport at around 2:00 in the afternoon, then fly a seven hour flight to Paris, then switch planes and take a three hour flight to Athens. So in a nutshell Saturday will be very short

Just wanted to note that today will be my last day on dA/MSN/SWF/youtube for a long time. So, yea, it's just a head's up

I'll miss ALL of you guys!! You're all awesome
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Alright guys, this may come as a surprise to you guys (or at least the ones who don't know already) but this is my last week I am going to be in the United States. Yep, on July 11th, I will be leaving for Europe, and will be staying there for three weeks

I know what you guys are thinking, you have no idea what's going on or what i'm talking about. Let me explain first.

I was chosen among numerous teenagers in my state by a group known as "People to People", where they select 'Student Ambassadors' to go into different parts of the world and represent the US and try to spread peace.

If you wonder how I got selected...I have no clue. This group selects students without your knowledge at all, I remember I got a letter about the meeting last summer out of the blue. They choose you, not the other way around. Once you go to the first meeting, it's first come first serve (at lease on who has the better paperwork). Once you get so many signatures and fill out papers as to why you'd be a good ambassador, they bring you in for an interview and if you do good, you get selected in.

So, that's what happened to me. I got accepted into a nice delegation of about 40 ambassadors, all of them are rather friendly and nice. That's good, since i'll be spending the next three weeks with all of them. Ironically enough though, two of my fellow ambassadors are none other than Matt and ~Katiey-24. No, I'm not kidding, and had nothing to do with it. Two of my closest friends are going on this trip with me. It just worked out that way. I also met a few people who i'll certainly hang around with, one of them being a nice girl named Sarah who'se been over my house already

But yes, I'm happy to go to Europe and to represent the US. To me, I feel as if I should go there and teach other countries that the people in the US arn't as bad as they think we are; we care for others, not hell-bent on war and that we appreciate other cultures as well. Which brings me to my other point.

The places i'll be going to are Greece, Italy, and France. We'll be spending the first three days in Greece, followed by roughly 16 days in Italy (if I did the math right) and the last two days in Paris, France. It's going to be great, i'll see alot of amazing things, try different foods and dances and such, and get to go places normal tourists wouldn't be able to see.For three days in Italy, i'll be in a home-stay and try out Italian daily life myself. Also, if i'm lucky, I may go meet the Pope!

This is going to be a great trip, and i'm excited to go. I think the only thing bothering me is that this is the first time i'll ever be away from my parents, not to mention to LONG flight to Greece (leaving from JFK airport to Paris, then taking another flight to Greece. But other than that, I think i'll be fine. This is defiantly an experience i'm happy I tried out for, I doubt i'll ever do anything like this for the rest of my life!

But yes, here's the main point of the journal. Since i'll be in Europe almost all of July, i'll have NO internet access or any sort. This means, if you need me....I won't be here. At all.

PLEASE SEND ME A NOTE WITH ANY IMPORTANT MESSAGE, JOURNAL, OR DEVIATION ON IT, I WILL READ IT WHEN I GET BACK. I WILL DELETE EVERY MESSAGE IN MY DA INBOX ONCE I RETURN!!!

Please keep that in mind, I don't want to overlook something possibly important.

So yes, this is the last week for me to be in the US. I'll try to finish up a few deviations I have and upload them as soon as possible before my trip. if you need anything from me, ask me NOW.

But yes, I will update this journal before I leave to say goodbye to you all.

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