20 Days!

It's been a really long time since I've updated this, but I don't have too much to say. Yesterday was Christmas; and we got a puppy! Her name is Luna and she is totally adorable. She's laying next to me right now but is upside down; she actually looks completely ridiculous right now. Today Cole, Amanda, and I are watching The Big Bang Theory, again. But it's extremely amusing so I don't mind watching it.

I went to the doctor to get all of the vaccines and prescriptions, went to the eye doctor to find that I have 20/20 vision but have a muscular problem or something that makes me see double too often, so I bought glasses [ whoo hoo =( ], ordered all of my books (MU's books are much less expensive), went shopping for clothes for summer weather, and organized all of my Christmas gifts between items for my trip and items not for my trip (the ones for my trip are in the new room and the ones not are in the living room).

And I pre-ordered all of my trips. Before that, an explanation: Dad doesn't really want me to go on this trip. Mom wanted me to do whatever I wanted. I wanted to go on the trip. We kind of compromised: I am able to go on SAS, but I am not allowed to do any overnight independent traveling. So I have to plan all of my trips through SAS. Positives: I stay in really awesome hotels, I don't have to worry about making any plans, I don't have to worry if I have a big issue because there will be some sort of group leader, and I know I will see everything that I really want to and won't miss anything. Negatives: I can't explore on my own, I don't get to travel with who I want, and it leaves no room for big changes from my mind.

So, after saying all of that, I pre-ordered these SAS trips:

1) China: Beijing/ Xi'an: I see the Terra Cotta Warriors, the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, and Tienanmen Square
2) Vietnam: Cambodia Trip: We go to Phnom Penh to see the memorials for the genocide, and to see the temples of Angkor Wat
3) India: Taj Mahal/ Varanasi: We see the Taj (duh), the cities of Agra and Delhi, and to see the Ganges River
4) South Africa: The Kagga Kamma Safari: it's one that is actually not in the best area for safaris but we don't need to fly and it sounds cool because we stay in these cave-type things
5) Ghana: The Cape Coast Historical Tour: I don't remember what we will do here, but it involves the slave dungeons and a nature reserve
6) Brazil: Iguassu Falls: This is the only trip that I am worried I won't be able to go on because of overcrowding. If I go, we go from Salvador to the border of Argentina and Brazil to see falls that are bigger than Niagara. I'm excited.


That was really long and I haven't said much. I'll have more to say once it gets even closer...