Preparing For the Time of My Life

For most of my life, I have never left the United States. The one place I have ever been out of this country is Vancouver, Canada for a ski camp. The main reason for this sad truth is that my family is very busy, during both the summer and the winter. I have two siblings; An older brother, and a younger sister. My brother is a competitive ski racer and contrary to what you might think, he is a busy athlete year-round. During the summer, he is usually either at a camp in a different state, or training in the gym, which is called Dryland.

My sister is a figure skater. She also goes to skating camps and gets up very early in the morning (5:00 am) to skate before school. I am a gymnast, as you may know, and also work hard five hours a day. Aside from sports, both my parents work full time. Judging by all this, it may not be so hard to imagine that it is very hard to find time when no one in our family has something important going on.

This summer, we found one week when we might be able to go on a much-needed vacation. One week. So, after a few weeks, my parents told us that we would be going to Paris for a week. That week, starts this Saturday. I've been thinking about how to prepare since the day I found out, but I only started packing yesterday. Let me tell you, it is a disaster. In France, casual is stepped up a notch. So casual to the french, is semi-formal to most americans. I'm trying to bring a variety of clothes but I just can't be sure that I'm bringing the right things.

Packing is one thing, but one other thing is going to be very tiring. Literally. Jet lag. I don't have anyway to prepare for the 10 hour flight and 8 hour time change. To tell you the truth, I'm kind of scared because I have been told plenty of stories about headaches, sickness, and nausea.

Still, aside from those two setbacks, I'm thinking I'm going to be having the time of my life. I can't wait to see everything and eat everything. I'm hoping that I'll be able to blog from my hotel, but I can't be sure.

I really hope I can get a picture like this and see the Eiffel Tower at night in person.