Another Year, hello 2012

Once again, i am welcoming another year. To me it is just another year. Another year of going to school and being successful, hoping to keep making progress in my life towards an amazing life. 


In 3 days, I am leaving for England and I am quite scared of what to expect. It is something that I have never done before in my life, being completely on my own in a completely new place with nobody to turn to for help. In a way this is the time where I am growing up, no more being dependent on others to help me in any way. Sure I'll still have the support of everyone that I love in my life, but it is about time that I do things my way on my own. Yet that is scaring me the most of going abroad. 


This year just crept up on me and it is a surprise to me that 2012 is here already, and yet it is just another year, another month, another day and another hour of my life. It is exciting to be able to do something different this year like going to England and experiencing something new. 


I've been trying to prepare for all of this, yet it seems like I do not have much to say or have any thoughts about my upcoming trip besides how scared I am for this experience on my own yet I am also excited. Hopefully I can update this blog more once I am actually there. 


In other news, my implant has been doing good, where I have become more dependent on the implant than the hearing aid. Wearing just the hearing aid is terrible now where I do not seem to recognize any sounds anymore, but often I do not mind having just the implant on alone where I enjoy the sounds now. I had an visit to the hospital a few weeks ago and was shocked to find that my audiologist left! No more mark! He had taken a job with Cochlear the company and did not tell me until I got there and had to find out from the receptionist! Oh well. So now I have a new audiologist named Melly I think... I cannot quite remember her name. But she was nice and I liked talking to her about everything. No new changes though to the map of the implant, it seems like it has gotten to the point that I am functioning well with it and do not need any experimenting done with it. Though there still could be some changes done next time, we will have to wait and see. But first, England, and surviving 5 months with british accents! 


There is not much more that can be said until I have arrived there, off to London for a few days with my dad then we are heading up to the University in Norwich. I am glad for my dad to be coming with me to help me out with everything and I really hope that I'll manage fine once he leaves! Everyone keeps worrying about me where my parents keep saying that they are worried that I am going to be homesick. Yes that is inevitable but also it seems like nobody thinks I can make it through 5 months there and would hop the plane back and quit this dream of mine! What more is there to do besides making it through and enjoying life to the fullest. 


Anyways, until next time, I shall hopefully be across the pond!
-Annie