ok, wow so i haven´t posted in a while....well update...I am in argentina!!!! And i have been here for a month already it is crazy i know...wow. well i don´t feel like posting so i´ll talk later.

Katie

I leave tomorrow!!! And I got my licence today!!! yay it was very exciting. I only get to use it for a day but it is still a good thing that I have it to look forward to when I get home. Well I have to go meet my friends for one last hurrah before I leave.

I freaking hate the DMV or MVA whatever it is in Maryland. So I was scheduled to take my driving test at 1015 this morning and I got there at 945 and waited in like for 20 min and then when I got up to the counter to fill out all the forms they said I couldn't take it because it hadn't been 6 months yet. Tomorrow is apparently the official end of the sixth month but that is a sunday and they aren't freaking open on sundays. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH it is sooo gay I wanted my licence so bad. Of course I started crying cause I was super pissed and all but yeah I guess that's life. And then later while I was driving it was like my car had a huge target on it and like everyone seemed to want to ram into my car. It was sooo annoying and my mom said today is the first day that I have felt uncomfortable driving with you. I was like wtf? Anyways when we got home she was like I need 5 min away from you. Well it has been 15 and I still haven't seen her and she is supposed to be helping me pack. Well today was crap so I hope my party goes well tonight because if it doesn't, I get to go to argentina with fond memories of crappy days.

I GOT MY VISA!!!!
yay so I finally got my visa today. So this means I am officially legally going to argentina. Crazy stuff.

Anyways today was hectic but I managed to get my visa in one trip to the embassy. However DC is very tiring so I am going to bed now. Goodnight all!!!

OMG!!! I can't believe I am actually leaving in 8 days!! SO I think I am starting to freak out a little bit. I mean I am totally excited about going, but I am leaving all my friends and family for a whole year. It is going to be an amazing year.
The only thing I really hope right now is that I get my host family's packet of information, I mean I already know their names and where they live and stuff, but I don't know where I am going to school, or what my family looks like. I sent an email to them last week, and I still haven't gotten a response back. Well I just hope all this happens soon.... And on top of all this, I am going to get my licence on the 9th which is Saturday and if I don't pass I don't get to get my licence for another year and I would have to go through the six permit months and everything all over agian. However, I have full confidence that I will get it.
Anywhoo so yeah I am completley bored at the moment. This week is going to be totally swamped because I have to get my Visa and everything together. I think that I am going to the Argentine Embassy tomorrow to hopefully get everything done. Then maybe my mom and I will go to a neat museum since DC is full of them and I love the museums in DC.
Well I think that is about all I have to say for tonight. Except that I am soooo anxious about going to Argentina. AHHHHHHHHH but it is going to be good.

adios

I seriously think I am going out of my mind with bordem without having anything to do. Just sitting around doing nothing but watching tv and blogging and babysitting. So yeah only 12 days until I actually leave!!! ahhh it is sooo exciting. I am still waiting to hang out with my three best guy friends but alas since they are still in school it is very ard to find a time when all four of us can get together and hang out.

So I totally forgot that this Sunday was super bowl sunday. No plans unfortunatly, but I guess I'll just watch the game on my very large tv. lol So I am rooting for the Pats just because I do every year and I don't like the other team. lol too bad the chargers didn't make it. I only root for them though cause I was born in San Diego.

Well I certainly wrote alot tonight...I guess that's cause I was soooo completly bored out of my mind tonight wathcing tomb raider.

well chue!!!

So i am officially done with school...now I just have to get ready to go to Argentina.
My Driving Test is Saturday, February 9th....so once I get my licence I only have 4 days with it. :( but anyways. on a better note, I think my SAT's went really well. :)

EXAMS ARE OVER!!!!! Thank God...I was so stressed. Now all i have to do is take the SAT's on Saturday and then school work is done till Argentina....yippe now I get to eat and sleep and workout all day everyday. lol (and watch tv for hours on end)

Flight Itinerary

So on February 13th my trip officially starts!!!

I leave from Washington (DCA) at 11:20am and arrive in Miami (MIA) at 1:50pm
Then it's off to the AFS orientation at the Embassy Suites Hotel

Then I guess we will all get on our plane to Buenos Aires and then go to our families.

So the only thing left for me to do is get my Visa!! yikes!

OK well this is technically my first post. So, my name is Katie and I am going to argentina for a year starting February 13th. I am extatic. I am 16 and in 11th grade. My last day of school is on January 23rd. yippe for me!! Then the SAT's on the 26th and then my licence on February 9th. Crazy crazy crazy.

Soooo, I got my host family information via email on Thursday. I have 2 little sisters one is 10 and the other is 8. I've never had sisters before, just an annoying little brother...:) I am going to live in Tablada, Buenos Aires...apparently that's in the major part of the city!!! Soooo exciting.

This is going to be an amazing year!!