Update

It seems a lot has happened in the last week regarding my travel opportunities.
On Tuesday, I found out from the teacher who was going to lead the trip to South Africa that he will be unable to come with us, and the part about my school being the organization through which we'd be traveling is not happening. Does that make sense? Basically, we ended up only having three committed participants. Bummer. However, his wife is still leading the trip with her Seattle Pacific University students, and we are invited to go with them on virtually the same trip. I think we're going for it, but I still have to speak with my parents for sure.
On Thursday, I found out (on my snow day) that I AM A FINALIST FOR THE YES ABROAD SCHOLARSHIP. Woohoo! I am so excited. I was shaking for about forty minutes. I am one of sixty-four who will be going down there (remember: 35 scholarships). Morgan is coming down too! This is exciting--one of us isn't going to be at home, bummed out.
Anyway, just 12 days until I'm on a plane, headed for Texas... I wonder what is in store for me...