Just Beginning

So, I'm going to spend a semester in Montevideo, Uruguay to study, hopefully learn Spanish, and most likely return even more maladaptive than before. I was planning on writing mass e-mails to keep everyone who might be interested updated about my trip, but my brother-in-law, an avid blogger, suggested this instead. Now I feel like I've joined some secret club that everyone knows about, like the mafia for example. Ok, that comparison doesn't really work, but I am excited to have successfully made my blog. Keep in mind, I spilled a glass of water on a computer, have been through multiple cell-phones because of God knows what and am generally a jinx when it comes to technology. Basically, this is quite an accomplishment for me.
So this, the first of all posts for me, won't be very interesting to most of you. I am not yet in Uruguay, in fact I haven't even finished with this semester in Abilene yet. I just couldn't stop myself from testing out this novelty of blogging. People seem to be remarkably candid on these things, even though the whole world can read them, including parents, ex-boyfriends, future employers, whoever. Here's my personal test: will I too fall prey to the allure of writing out personal rants, and glorious conquests, and embarrassing stories, and whiny complaints for everyone to eventually give up reading? Probably so. You have been for warned.
Right now, I'm living in this weird gap because, for all that I can see, I will never live in Abilene again, yet, I haven't started the next phase of my life. This displaced sort of feeling makes me seem like a jerk. People say they'll miss me, or ask me if it will be strange to leave everything behind, but honestly, I've left already. I can't seem to make myself feel bad for leaving. Maybe I am heartless. For now, I will finish out these last few days of school and commence to soak up the family time in good ol' San Antonio. I'll try not to bore you all with my Christmas holiday, so until I leave on the 14th of January, thanks for reading.