And now we play the waiting game...

I started this blog as a way for my close friends and family to get a glimpse of my time in South Africa. I have to start off by saying that this is my first time ever keeping a journal like this, so bare with me.

During my time in South Africa, I will be attending Stellenbosch University and living in student apartment living with 3 or 4 other people. I have already met one of my roommates, Emily Davies. She had asked me to be roommates with her through our facebook page and so now she will reap the benefits that are Lindsey Tracy. I am flying down a night before my departure and staying with my mom in Seattle.  Although it has come down to only a day till I leave, I am surprisingly calm while still being fully aware that once I land in Amsterdam and am alone I will be (for lack of a better term) scared shitless. I know things may and probably will, go wrong and I am okay with that. It’s all a part of the experience. I have to thank my dad for being as adventurous as he is to rub that outlook on me. I have always relied on my parents when it came to any of this traveling stuff, and the farthest I have ever flown alone was to Vegas; so I can’t help but be excited to learn how independent I actually can be. I am incredibly grateful that I am able to experience something like this in my life, and to my parents I am truly thankful. So Africa, here I come to kick ass and take names.