Calming Down

I opened up comments to anyone, meaning you don't have to pick up an account to post comments for me.

I am in the process of getting all the money together as of now, while I wait for news from USAC and Deakin. I've calmed down a bit, and I realize that I still have a month to get ready. If I stay on track, I know I'll be able to pull through. Another thing that needs to be done is to get my plane ticket. I have to wait on my dad to grab some more air miles to get me to Los Angeles for free. I plan to have my flight plans and ticket taken care of by the end of next week. Hopefully by then, Deakin will have gotten back to me.

I picked up a few things for Christmas that will prove useful while I'm in Australia. My parents got me a really nice digital camera, so expect to see some of my pictures in the next few weeks. They also got me a travel channel DVD of a program about Melbourne, which I am watching as I write this. I am hoping to pick up a cheap MP3 player, mostly for a little entertainment for the trip. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.

USAC sent me an email with the names of all my fellow American students that will be heading to Australia with me. There are about 30 of them listed, but there may be more. More than half of them are from California, and I am the farthest east out of all of them. I hope to get in contact with at least a few of them before I head out. EDIT: Just got on Myspace and searched all of the names. I found 13, and sent them all a message. We'll see if they decide to get back with me.

I'm glad to hear that I already have a few readers, and I can't wait until I get to start telling you about the stuff that is actually interesting.

Also, I can't figure out why the title on the Internet Explorer toolbar is the HTML format text to display the banner I created. If anyone can tell me how to change it, I would greatly appreciate the help.