Introductions First

My name is Cristina and I have decided to start writing a blog to try and vent some of my feelings about my year abroad!! As part of my degree I will be spending 2011/2012 in Portugal... and I’m terrified!! Of course I'm excited too and it's a great experience blahdy-blah-blah... but it's completely terrifying too. At the start of my degree I was thinking 'Great! A year in the sun... in a fantastic town... and hey I have some family there anyway so what do I have to worry about?' Well... my family are a good 3 hour commute away from where I’m living, I have no fixed accommodation when I get there... and my Portuguese is rustier than a Mini Cooper in a shower! Now I don't want to complain and I know some people would love this experience... and I’m sure I will when I get there... but these pre-move nerves are making me go coo-coo! I keep singing to myself and I'm not sleeping properly (I am writing this at quarter to one in the morning.) I guess these feelings and reactions are totally normal though... so hopefully if someone else is reading this and feeling the same way about a big move they can feel better that they aren't the only ones breaking out the Michael Jackson moves, making R2D2 noises and wearing strange outfit combinations... I mean bright red blouses and purpley combats muuust look right... right?! All my friends thinking... 'Hey now... don’t worry... that's you anyway... Shame on you!! =P' O well... only 4 more days of crazy Crissy to bare. If you see someone in the street humming along to cheese room classics dressed like a lemon then please don't be afraid. They're probably going on a year abroad soon!!