Just as my nerves about packing and preparing for the trip were getting to me, I received an email from Heather (who works for the ACM program) asking for one last pre-trip phone call. This was very useful and comforting to talk to a real person instead of just looking through the guidebook. Since she had experienced the trip too, it felt good to direct some of my questions and concerns to her. I am feeling a lot more assured about the trip now that I know little details about the food, the location of my host family, and some packing advice. Another perk was that Heather provided me with the name of a girl who had previously lived with my host family...I shot her a quick email and she got back to me right away with some very useful information. Knowing that somebody else was in the same position as I am going into (and had only positive things to say about it) really eased some of my worries.
With only 9 days until departure, I am pretty much completely packed and ready to go... in terms of material things. I still have concerns that my Spanish language skills are not up to par, but I am relying on the advice of my friend, Ashley, who is studying abroad in Chile right now... she says that everything we learned in Spanish class is coming back to her (on top of learning more!). To try and ease my fear of missing family, friends, and the fiance, I have put together a collage of pictures and started up a Skype account. Hopefully I can just keep myself real busy so that I can't be missing anyone too much! =)
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