{"id":191,"date":"2014-07-30T16:47:34","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T16:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/studyabroad\/?p=191"},"modified":"2016-01-25T13:37:29","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T13:37:29","slug":"a-month-today-outward-bound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/studyabroad\/2014\/07\/30\/a-month-today-outward-bound\/","title":{"rendered":"A Month Today &#8211; Outward Bound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Not Long Now! Time flies when you\u2019re having fun\u2026\u00a0<\/strong><em>(or working hard in my case)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Since my last post not a lot has changed if I\u2019m being honest! I didn\u2019t want all of my blogowers (blog + followers) to get bored so this post is all about some facts and figures about my new home in Cowboy Country, also more commonly known as Calgary and what I\u2019m really looking forward to doing whilst I\u2019m on my year abroad!<\/p>\n<p><strong>But first, an introduction to my monster suitcase!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/studyabroad\/files\/2014\/07\/2014-07-18-18-07-41.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-224\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-226\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/studyabroad\/files\/2014\/07\/2014-07-18-18-07-41-e1453728904126.jpg\" alt=\"Image of a large blue suitcase\" width=\"433\" height=\"771\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Can I just tell you how hard it is to be a girl sometimes\u2026 Well in fact girls have the short straw all of the time! I\u2019m not going to state the obvious in why it\u2019s such in a pain being a girl but with our feminine allure comes a multitude of problems, the main thing for me is <del><strong>PACKING LIGHT!!!<\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n<p>Packing light is completely unheard of in the female world! We need hairdryers, straighteners, hair products, special\u00a0toiletries (too many to list), nice underwear, not to forget clothes, and I mean plenty and plenty of clothes! In just under a months time I\u2019m faced with the impossible task of filling a suitcase to last me 9 months, but it can only weigh 24kg! ARGH <strong>#panic_stations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Okay, so scrap the hairdryer and umm maybe the straighteners but I love clothes and make-up and oh well, I shouldn\u2019t be going on about this, studying abroad for a year is an absolutely fantastic opportunity so \u00a0packing \u2018light\u2019 is a minor issue, if even an issue at all. I\u2019ll get super Mum on the job! 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