Is This Real Life?

Now that the stress of finals has FINALLY passed, I have started to pack for Costa Rica… keyword: started. I have my clothes all over my floor trying to decide what I need to bring and what needs to stay at home. It still hasn't really hit me that tomorrow I'll be in Costa Rica… a place I've wanted to go for so long. It just doesn't seem real; am I really going to be in a different country in less than 24 hours? Yes, yes I am. Everyone keeps telling me its the happiest, most beautiful place in the world: paradise. I'm so ready to finally see for myself what this country is about. I want to see the people, their culture, their food, the jungles, the beaches… everything. If you know me, you know how much I want to travel in life and this is just the start of it!  I swear, I must be one of the luckiest people in the world to have this opportunity… travel to a exotic country for 10 days AND get class credit for it?! I'm downsies! I'm definitely going to soak in everything while I'm in Costa Rica and savor every minute of it.

Some of the things that my class will be doing in Costa Rica include touring a chocolate factory, a bubble gum factory, and a coffee factory. I've heard the coffee is incredible, so I'm really excited to try it and find out what all the hype is about. I also heard the pineapple is to die for, and I love pineapple… so much that my instant message screen name  at one point in middle school was "PiNeApPlEcHiK9261"… that's embarrassing to admit, but whatever. We're also going white water rafting and tubing and zip-lining. I'm SO pumped for that. I've never been white water rafting so it'll definitely be an adventure; however, I have zip-lined through the jungle in Honduras before, and I loved it so I'm really excited to do it again in Costa Rica.

In t minus 12 hours I'll be on a plane to the happiest place in the world, and I couldn't be happier about that.

Until tomorrow...