Ready...Set...Morocco!

So...my first try at a blog begins. As I sit in my living room in Whitesboro, New York, I'm trying to wrap my head around the fact that in four days I will be landing in a Casablanca airport, about to begin a semester of study in Morocco.
Anyone reading this is most likely someone I have personally cajoled into doing so, but just in case the random stranger happens to stumble upon this little endeavor, I'm 19 and going in to my third year as a Culture and International Development major and Music minor at American University in Washington, D.C. It's loads of fun and I like to do a myriad of fascinating things such as singing, reading, skiing and playing/talking/arguing/performing/coffee-ing with my pals. So now you know all there is to know about me.
I returned from a fantastic summer internship experience in Dublin a couple weeks ago, but I am already pretty much bursting to get going again. I have wanted to go to Africa for as long as I can remember, and while it's come about in a slightly different way than I anticipated, I am beyond excited.
Have I done my reading? Yes. Have I prepared a Morocco-friendly wardrobe? Yes. Have I practiced my Arabic as much as I should have? Probably not.

But in any case, that's the story and I've taken up enough of your time with this introduction. I'm hopping on a plane on Friday. See you again on the other side of the Atlantic!