Hey there, strangers!

Hey yall,
SO...it's been a while...because it has been a very busy summer. I have been redecorating my room in C-town. It's been a slow but steady process, and I am pleased thusfar with the results. The walls are now blue, with white trim and doors (and display thingy and bookshelf and window seat). The bedding is brown and white-very simple, and still waiting to get a big "M" monogrammed onto one of the display pillows. My search for the loveseat is over, and after a dramatic delivery day, it has finally found a home in my room. And I am sitting on it right now! =) I still need window treatments. I have display shelves (dark wood) on the floor awaiting their arrangement on the wall above the loveseat. Baskets are in some of the shelves of the display case-thing...I don't really know it's real name, and it really helps out with organizing my stuff and making it look great (think pottery barn look...but I paid less $$). My bookshelves that rise from the window seat are starting to look good, though 3 shelves are still empty. I have one of my Aunt Donna's side tables now since she passed on, and it is next to my loveseat. TONS of my stuff was thrown out, some stuff was saved for my future kids or current niece and nephew, and some stuff is being sold.
Tomorrow, I am planning to go to Stone Mountain (that night) to watch the laser show with the Covington crew, and then on Thursday morning, my fam (that's for you Tom) is going to start the Looooooooong drive to Orlando, Fla. We are staying here. I am really excited because it looks like a fun place to stay, and we can thank my Aunt Annita and Uncle Carl for the awesome price we got (for the total of 11 ppl that will be there) since they are timeshare holders at Orange Lake. We are going to Disney World, and I will turn 21 on Friday!! YAY! I am so excited. Not really like "I want to go get wasted" excited, but more like "I can finally have a drink with my friends if I feel like it" excited. =)>
On Tuesday I return, and I plan to do A LOT of laundry that night because I have to PACK PACK PACK Wednesday, as well as go to Athens to get my books for summer classes and my ipod...maybe I should go tomorrow instead...but anyway, I have to pack really well because I have to be ready to be at the airport at 4:30 AM Friday morning. Fun times, right? I should prolly just get dropped off Thursday night and sleep in the airport. We'll see. I plan to use the Alejandra packing method, since she has a lot of experience with packing a lot in a little space and under 50 lbs (rules of the plane). That means, bust out the plastic baggies, roll up your clothes, and cram it in!! =)
I will then be gone for FIVE WEEKS. In COSTA RICA. For 3 weeks, I will live with a local family, and I will walk up the mountain to class. haha I better get toned legs. I will be traveling throughout Costa Rica with the group (all 15 of us-12 girls, 3 guys... there are teachers but they are not included in that 15), and we will get to do a lot of cool stuff like a zip-line tour of the rainforest, horseback riding tour, hikes to waterfalls and other cool places, visiting an active volcano, going to beaches...though very rarely, visiting cities...I am super pumped about that. Less excited about the availability...or lack thereof, to the outside world. I will prolly get to call Mom and Dad and Tom once a week. That will stink. I hope to journal while I am over there. I have a thumb-drive, so I am thinking about blogging and saving it to that and then uploading it when I get to internet cafes or when I get home. I also have to see what I can do about pictures...I might have to buy an extra memory card because I am NOT bringing my laptop with me, and I can't just install my camera's software onto a computer there. We'll see I guess. I am the most nervous about my Spanish communication...it's pretty weak, despite the classes I have taken and done pretty well in. I am also taking a Latin American Film class...a class that I haven't even got all the prereqs for yet, so that is making me nervous. Not to mention that I am one of the oldest students on the trip as far as I know, and I don't seem to know as much Spanish as the other ppl. I am just going to have to study hard and pray harder. Getting better in Spanish is what this trip is all about.
Alrighty, until I type again...adios!
Love,
Meghan
ps-the rumors about engagement were squashed when Tom and I went to PAC for Mrs. Crawley's retirement party and made it clear to ppl that asked that they had received incorrect information-that it was JORDAN who is engaged, and not me. =)