First blog entry 3 months before I write about interesting British happenings

As I lay in my bed with my laptop burning lap, watching Home Improvement on mute, I can't help but wonder in excitement and nervousness what it will be like living on my own in the city of London. Exactly 3 months from tomorrow I'll board a plane all by myself and start my semester abroad in a country that I have never experienced before. While there is no language barrier, the culture will certainly be different, and I'll be finding out new things about other people and places. Most of my learning will probably be exploring the city and other countries in Europe (I plan to travel a lot,) but my structured learning environment will be in a school called Foundation for International Education (FIE.) I recently received an email from the Study Abroad office at Clark informing all of the London Internship students that the school that we applied to take classes at while in London, Birkbeck College, would not send us acceptance letters, and without acceptance letters we could not apply for a student visa, and without a student visa we would not be able to live, work, and be educated in England for the semester. So all of the London Internship students had to register for different classes at FIE. This was a pain in the neck, but it turns out that the school has some very interested course offerings, and I picked out 6 new classes to take (I will only take 3 of them.) If all goes well and schedules don't conflict, and classes don't fill up, I will be taking British Life and Cultures, Contemporary British Theater, and Introducation to Creative Writing.
My fourth credit will be my internship at the Unicorn Theatre. I am very excited to be working in this Children's Theatre. I've always wanted to see what children's theatre was all about, and now I will have the opportunity to figure it out hands-on, and in a place where theatre is at it's best. I am majoring in Theatre, and minoring in Elementary Education so my placement in the Unicorn Theatre is just perfect. I'm still not sure what exact tasks that I will be doing, but I've talked to some people who have spent their semester abroad at the Unicorn, and they cannot stop raving about it. When I get into London I'll have an interview with my supervisor, and that should dictate what I will be doing for the semester. The Unicorn also has a program for children to participate in performing with youth theatre, and hopefully I will be able to be involved with that because I really enjoy directing kids on stage.
As for where I will be living in London, I still have not recieved any information yet. All I know is that I will be in some sort of typical London flat, and I'll be rooming with a few other college students on the same program; they may or may not be Clark students. It's so strange to think that come September I won't be going back to Clark, but I'll be on a plane to another country. It's all so exciting, but freightening as well. I'll have a lot to keep be busy this summer (I have 2 internships, and I am assistant directing a local musical,) but I know that these next 3 months will just fly by and before I know it I'll be drinking tea, eating crumpets, and trying to see every West End show playing. As for now, I just have to make it through the summer and try not to have every thought in my head be consumed by my upcoming living and learning adventure in London.