Matt's Departure :(

Matt officially left for Dallas today for his retraining to rejoin the Southwest Airlines team! All in all it's an awesome opportunity and I'm exceedingly proud of him, the timing just really sucks. It's making his upcoming absence from my life seem ever-present and as a result I'm uber emotional.

I guess it's time to focus on myself as I prepare for my own departure. My goal is to pack today and then handle the prescription thing and loan fiasco tomorrow. I've gotta work on getting both released to mio! Then tomorrow night, I don't know, I still have to talk to Andi and Mel, but I'm planning on going to Naperville?? We usually don't have a routine for Mondays . . . Bar Louie Wednesdays, Quigley's Thursdays, Features Fridays . . . but Mondays?? Hmmmm . . . we'll have to see!

I'm missing my North Central crew more than ever!! This is it until December/January! What to do, what to do?

It's time to get crack'a'lackin! Distract myself from missing my baby :(

KISSES POODLE!

Love,

Brittany

It Pays to Be Irresponsible - Sometimes :)

I'VE BEEN APPROVED FOR MY LOAN!!!!!









I will NOT die of starvation in England! I don't know if many people are aware of this but, the exchange rate totally blows right now! It's currently 1 US dollar to .62 of a pound . . . ick.

I've also finished 52 out of 82 letters for Matt! All in all, I've made some progress today.

I have the urge to go shopping ::control the urge, control the urge:: hehe. Who's up for a drink?! Monday. Naperville. North Central/Downtown Bars. Be there.

I love you to anyone who is reading these boring blogs! They'll get better once I've officially left :)

KISSES POODLE!

Love,
Brittany

PS. Like the pic? I miss Katie.

What is the Monetary Value of Progress?!

Soooo,

I'VE OFFICIALLY APPLIED FOR A SECOND LOAN!!! bowchickawowwow! It only took me all day but I've done it. And now the waiting game commences . . . ::please approve me, please approve me::

In addition to this dent in my to-do list, I've also discovered something I think deserves mention. Cricket Wireless has a surprisingly AWESOME deal on mobile broadband modems. I brought Matt up there today to get one and it's only $40 a month after the initial purchase and activation (which is also really cheap) . . . when you can pay it you do, when you can't you can't so you don't have to worry about not having the money for it month to month! I just thought I'd share my awesome discovery because I think this would really help when I get back to North Central considering the wireless internet there never works on my computer because of that damn outdated certificate!

Matt and I are now finishing up his move to his new apartment back in good ole Hometown!! Even though he just moved into a new place he still managed to buy me a new laptop for my birthday!!!! (which I happen to be sitting on at present time :) ) - it's in between pink and purple . . . I'll call it fusia.

My goal for the rest of the night??? Write at least 15 more letters to Matt for while I'm away which might be kind of difficult because we're planning to watch The Hangover since I have yet to see it. I hope it's as funny as everyone claims it is!

Kisses Poodle,

Brittany

Down to the Wire!

So, as of midnight I will officially have one week left here at home until I fly out from O'Hare not to return to Illinois, USA until December 21st! This will be the longest time I've ever spent away from home and I've gotta say, I've done everything possible to distract myself but it's about time to face facts!

As of right now, right this moment, I have yet to pack, shop for what I don't have, get a second loan and finish the letters I've been writing to Matt . . . I have to make copies of all my important documents and make a preliminary itinerary for my first two weeks (London and Fresher's Week)! I was also hoping to make one last trip to Naperville before my departure! Sooo, it goes without saying that I might be a little busy this last week! Be patient with me!!!!

To copy a bit from Brigit's new blog, my new address is as follows:

Brittany Goudie
University of Essex
Eddington Tower 5/13
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester C04 3SQ
England

Also, my Skype username is belle3bamber and keep up with my Facebook for photos along the way!

Please send me letters!!!! Maybe for my birthday!!! Just a thought . . .
Kisses, Poodle (I'm gonna sign all my posts like this . . .)