look it up.

i enlisted the help of my vocabulary-rich father in order to create the title of my blog. he loves being creative with words and then telling me to look up the meaning of the mysterious word when i inadvertently indicate that i dont know what hes talking about. its infuriating. i should probably invest in one of those daily word calendars so i can keep up with him or, Lord-willing, so that i can someday stump him with an obscure word of my own! 

i am a first time blogger but i feel that since im going off to europe in exactly 55 days, it would be prudent to start a blog so that i can keep the folks in the states happy (or jealous) with a steady stream of european events when the time comes. im starting a few days early so that i can get into the habit and also because i have nothing else to do at the moment. 

well actually, now that i think of it, it would be a good idea for me to go out and "train." ive decided that i will train for europe in the form of traipsing around the neighborhood with a big, old travel backpack stuffed with about 30lbs of textbooks... i knew those would come in handy someday. i have gone out 4ish times so far and i listen to soundtracks on my ipod. these soundtracks include: moulin rogue (taken place in paris which is one of my destinations), the sound of music (taken place in salzburg which is another destination), and the phantom of the opera (taken place in the paris opera house). listening to theses songs and picturing the images that come to mind make me overwhelmingly excited for my travels! which helps to ease any apprehension i may have about wandering around residential areas, lugging a huge backpack, knowing that people in their homes are probably wondering about my mental state.