first day in Warsaw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday was my first day in Poland!!!!!!! 

In the last 72 hours I think I have slept about 17 hours,  12 of which we're last night.  The plane ride was very taxing but only one of my flights we're long so that was a plus,  the negative was that the long flight was 9 hours...  9 hours in 1st class (much to my surprise)!!! 

I got to see the city some but I forgot to take pictures,  I'll take some tommorow when I go back. 

This is what I learned on my first day in Poland: 

The city is made of modern materials but was made to look like the old Warsaw (almost everything was destroyed in ww2) and they have underground tunnels that are a bit of a maze but they are full of shops it looks a bit like a high class flee market but with perminent shops,  and the trains seem really easy to deal with but that was with someone with me,  also the train station is a 20 minute walk from my house and the train to the center of the city is 20 minutes for about $1.25 

All in all it was a very exciting first day

30 hours till lift off

Only 30 hours until I leave, I'm up until around 330 every night not to get used to the time change, I'm all packed and I've said goodbye to everyone, the only thing left is to print off my tickets and go to the airport!!!

Everything  I see now has become "this is the last time I'll see that building for a year" or "I may not have another slushy for a year". It's a very sobering thought process, for everything I gain I temporarily give up something else. 

Departure arrangements

I LEAVE TUESDAY MORNING!!!!!!!!!!!

I leave Tuesdaymorning from south bend airport and take a connection to chicago then another to Toronto (no idea why) then I go directly to Warsaw from there. I wish I could have departed from Chicago but it was to long a drive for my mother to take to say goodbye, south bend adds on an hour or 2 but not to long I suppose.

Packing is a veritable hell, I thought that I would fine because  I'm packing light but nooo the weight limit is killing me, I'm looking into shipping some thing there and wondering if that is cheaper than another bag. If anyone knows a way please tell me.

I have bought gifts for everyone but Ania so far and I'm picking hers up this weekend. Right now I'm having trouble with money the language camp was an unexpected cost due to my switch of country so there's that 410 dollars and then there's the emergency fund of 500 dollars, all I have is 260 at the moment my dad might be able to help some but... if anyone is willing to put a last minute donation into the go fund me that would be amazing

https://www.gofundme.com/zyeypzec 

Waiting games

Waiting stinks... I'm waiting on my doctor on Wednesday and hope it goes well, all I can do now is wait and pack, and repack and repack again. If all goes well I should be leaving the 16th, if the medication check goes well, if the doctor is willing to give me lots of the medicine at once, if it's not to soon to book my ticket in time. Lots of variables with very little control over any of them.

Just waiting.

Funerals and other news

Today was my great grandmothers funeral service. I don't remember much from her before the dementia started but she was always happy and sneaky. I have pictures from the funeral, I don't have much to say this time, packing sucks and I'm still waiting for the final go ahead but other than that nothing is new. 

July 5th

My phone is gone.... sooo I'm trying to post as often as I can but this was the first time I've had WiFi to use on my tablet. My doctor appointment is Wednesday so on that day I should be able to put down my departure  date. I wish that I had one now but I don't. It's been a long ride but it's finally about to enter the drop off point, a little like a roller coaster ' ). I have reached the last stretch of duo lingo but once again without WiFi I can only go so far for so long, I won't have WiFi this weekend either. 

My dad opened his restaurant successfully and is doing very well. He didn't want to make it a family business but right now my cousin my great aunt and me are his only employees😂😂😂. 

packing and other end of normal life activities

Well the date of departure is quickly approaching and I've been so busy trying to manage it all that I haven't posted enough this week, I got a few minutes of free time so I'm doing it now.

My medication is still not fixed!!! Kinda I have a solution that is supposed to work but the doctor can't meet with me to confirm it until the 10th which is well over the week that I was told it would take. I'm switching medication and bringing it with me, I can't get this Med in Poland but I can take it with me if I have a prescription.

My suitcases are getting heavier every day and that's not going to stop...which is beginning to seem like weight might be an issue, I've put the middle sized suitcase inside the biggest and filled the middle one but I fear that it's over the weight requirment with both suitcases   (T＿T)(T＿T)(T＿T)(T＿T)(T＿T)(T＿T) 

My great grandmothers funeral is this weekend which means I have to cancel the going away party for friends, I won't have time the week before the goal leaving date

Speaking of leaving dates, I'm aiming for the 16th but can't get my ticket until the medication problem is fixed �

I got a picture of my host family at what appears to be the beach, I'm getting really excited to meet them and finally be out of the USA, I won't deny its been a very stressful year leading up to this exchange but I'm sure it will be worth it