Well, there's been a slight change of plans.

After I bought my ticket it occurred to me that I probably should have applied for a visa beforehand. I didn't think it was that big of a deal, I just filled out the online application and waited for them to accept it.

And then they rejected my application.

I guess I hadn't been specific enough the first time around. So I had to fill out the application a second time, pay the fee again, and wait another week to hear back. Of course, I was freaking out. I was so worried I wouldn't get it, and I'd start panicking sometimes thinking about what to do with my life if I didn't. I didn't have any backup plans or anything.

But yesterday I got it!! So all is well. Except that I can't stay a year at a time, only six months. I'll be coming home in November now instead of May, which is actually pretty great because I was starting to think a year was sounding like a long time.

Now I just have to make it through the last 3 weeks of school and finals without being too distracted to concentrate...