- I was accepted for my Grad Plus loan (in addition to my Stafford loan)
- I applied for and then received my student visa
- I bought a plane ticket to Chicago for February 3rd
- I bought a plane ticket to Sydney (stopping in LA and Fiji) for February 8th
- I researched and booked a hostel for one week in Sydney
- Bought extra insurance and student ID card
- A HUGE weight was lifted off my shoulders!
So thats all the major things I needed to do to get to Sydney, and they all happened within a week, most within one day, ha! All thats left are loose ends:
- Deciding which bank account I want to keep and closing the other
- Canceling cell phone service (a fee I don't want to pay...ugh)
- Transferring car payments to Jessica's name
- Remembering what I'm forgetting
So that's about it. Seems almost easy now. I may kick myself for saying that in the future, but for now I'm ridiculously calm about the whole thing. I'm not even worried that I don't have a place to live yet, lol. My plan is to go with the mindset of a backpacker. I'll pack my bare essentials to take to the hostel with me. Once I find a place, I'll have the family sip my other stuff out to me, though at this point I don't even think that will be very much stuff. I'm looking at the things in my room, which I remember being sooo grateful to have and thinking I don't need any of it. I need some clothes, a journal, a book to read, ipod, computer, camera and toiletries. Thats about it. Anything else I need I can buy in Sydney. They have Target there...I'll be fine :)
