London is Just Around the Corner (Figuratively Speaking)

This morning I went and picked up my Customs letter and study abroad backpack (pretty fantabulous). The letter is to prove to the custom's officer over there that I'm not moving to the UK to work and that my purpose for traveling is purely academic. I've never heard of such a thing as a "Customs letter" before, but it makes sense. We had the last London prep class for the study abroad tonight where we discussed last minute travel details and got our International Student ID cards, rooming assignments, mailing address for incoming stuff (hint hint WRITE ME) and then PARTIED!!!. It's amazing to me how sometimes time just hurries on by without the slightest hint of letting you take a breath. I can't wait to experience a new phase in my life that I wasn't sure would actually ever happen. When speaking with my Grandma L the other day, I was telling her about my goals and dreams for the future and one thing she said really stuck with me. I was saying how I thought that I'd never get to travel outside the US ever again. I figured I'd get married and be stuck with only a roadtrip to take me anywhere besides my home. I wouldn't mind that as long as it's some kind of travel. I love and thrive on travel and new places. She said something that, honestly, sounded almost like a prophecy or outlook on the future. She said: "You'll travel. In fact, I know you'll visit all the places you wanted to as a child and even the ones you dream of visiting now. I see you living someplace you've never been to, speaking a language you've never learned, and being completely content. That's the life you've grown up with and that's the life you'll always have." Amazing huh?!?! That's my grandma!