Twenty Days Left!

So, blog post number one! Whoo! Well, I'm going to Italy. As an exchange student with Rotary. And I leave in twenty days. AHHH! It still hasn't really sunk in yet. Well, maybe a little, because ever since I found out my date, I've had that nervous feeling in my stomach and it feels like I'm going to throw up. But otherwise I'm still deliriously happy and excited.
So, this weekend is Canal Days. For those of you who don't live in Little Falls, and I'm assuming that thats a vast majority, its like a little fair thing where everyone comes out and looks at little booths in the park by the elementary school and eats food. There were fireworks last Wednesday, but I was late and didn't really get to see any of them. But last night was the parade, and I wasn't late for that! It was weird though, because almost everyone that saw me did a double take and then asked why I was still here. I think they all thought that I left already! It was actually kind of entertaining to see all of their confused faces looking at me.
I thought that last night was going to be the last time I saw one of my best friends. Its probably the last time I'm going to see a lot of people from here. Until next year at least. I thought that my friend was leaving for the rest of the month to go visit family in New York City. And when my mom said that I had to leave early, I hugged her for ten minutes, said goodbye, and turned around and started crying on the spot. I then called my dad and begged him to let me stay until later so I could at least have a little more time with her. He let me, so we just walked around and talked to people and just had a fun time. But as we were walking to her house(where my dad was going to pick me up) I found out that she was only leaving for a week! It just made me realize that this is going to be a lot harder than I expected, and I'm scared. But to Diana, if you happen to read this, I love you!