The Day Before the Opportunity of a Lifetime

The countdown has begun.......

It's official. The time has come. I leave tomorrow morning for Ft. Lauderdale, FL!! For those unaware I have been hired on as a Resident Director with Semester at Sea Summer Voyage 2012. I will be traveling to Spain, Italy, Morocco, Greece, Croatia, Turkey, and Portugal. My Europe travel bucket list will literally be checked off after this summer!!

I still cannot believe the opportunity that is before me. I am both blessed and humbled. Those that know me know traveling is my ultimate passion. I prayed and prayed last year for something that would allow me to travel. Anyone working in any type of education segment knows that money does NOT come readily and it takes forever to save. Now I get to work, travel, and add this experience to my professional resume. :-D

 I am full of emotions: anxiety, happiness, nervousness...you name it I've probably gone through it. I don't know what to expect. I wonder what the students will be like, who will be on my floor, why I couldn't bring Vito....

As an extrovert my biggest anxiety point when moving to a new location or embarking on an s if I'm going to meet people to connect with. Folks laugh at me every time I say this because I tend to meet and connect pretty quickly in most settings. LUCKILY that's already happened. I've got a great co-worker that I've already began to bond with. I guess it's the Woo in me. ;-) (student affairs inside info)

We'll see how well I do with this whole blog mumbo jumbo. I hope to use it as a way you all can follow my thoughts, pictures, woes, and adventures. Now if I can only figure out how to upload the photos from my phone to this blog site........