Pre-London Update

Hi there!

I just wanted to say a quick hello and give everyone a quick update on my few days before I leave the country. The last few days have been interesting to say the least.
I had a few appointments to go to before I leave for London including getting my hair cut and to have a few highlights put in and a doctors appointment. My hair appointment did not go as well as I had planned and I was devastated. I am too embarrassed to show you what it actually looked like but here is something that gives you a pretty good idea.

An example of what my hair looked like...

So obviously I came home to my mother in full rage saying, "I CAN'T GO TO LONDON LOOKING LIKE THIS. I LOOK LIKE A FREAK" She calmly told me that she would try to make me an appointment with her fancy hair dresser man and he would "fix you right up". I have been to him before and he does a very good time so it calmed me down for a while.
I then started packing and realized that I could check two suitcases for my flight. I assumed as in most domestic flights my bags could weigh 50 lbs. But no. They had to be 20 kg or lighter. (by the way 20 kg is 44.0925 lbs.) I promptly freaked out for the 100th time. After eliminating a sweater here and a pair of jeans there I finally got my bags to be under 44.0925 lbs.
While checking to see how heavy my suitcases could be, I realized I booked my return ticket for the wrong date... so I had to fix that.
Sunday rolled around and it was time for my second hair appointment and I was excited. He said he was going to bring some of my natural color through and it would look incredible. Being the trusting person I am, I let it happen. Approximately 2 hours later he was blowdrying my hair and it was brown. Not dark blonde. Brown. Freakout #107 started (and has not really stopped yet.) Maybe later I will be willing to share a picture of it, but at the moment, I am still in shock. My mother thinks it is a way for me to reinvent myself and all this stuff... but I'm still flipping out. (Sorry mom).
Anyway, it is the day before I embark on a crazy adventure and I have calmed down and now I am excited. I look forward to keeping you all updated!

xoxo,
Abby

P.S. Shout out to the best friends in the world (Grace and Christine) for not only helping me move out my mountains of stuff from our apartment, but also for calming me down and keeping me excited and confident about my journey. Love you guys!!!