Okay, so I've decided the most insane thing about an exchange that happens before you actually get on the plane and leave for a year. It's the fact that there's a piece of paper that you sign, and your parents sign, and your club and district people sign that is then sent ACROSS THE OCEAN to your host country, where it's signed by: your host family, your school, and your [new/other] club and distrikt people. And then, it's sent ACROSS THE OCEAN AGAIN, where it will eventually end up in your hands. Yep. One little piece of paper (actually, it's a two-page sheet) pretty much ends up circumnavigating the globe, was held by lots and lots of people, and will end up in your hands at the end of its travels.
In other words, somewhere out there, somewhere in Distrikt 1860, is a Guarantee Form with my name on it. It's four o'clock in Distrikt 1860 now. Maybe someone is leaning over their desk, with a pen in their hand, glancing at a piece of paper that has MY SIGNATURE ON IT, and is preparing to put THEIR SIGNATURE ON IT. Kinda heady, no? Hopefully, in a month, that Guarantee Form will be put in an envelope with my address on it.
So...this post is completely...random, and unnecessary, considering the fact that I've explained all of this at least once in this blog. Please forgive an outbound's excitement and realization.
*rant over
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