It's official: I'm all packed and ready to go (I think)! We leave on Saturday but I'm heading to Calgary tonight to get some time in with the boyfriend before I leave for three weeks. I'm just waiting on Jordan to tell me he's done work and on his way to pick me up! Things I'll miss the most while on another continent: easy and reliable access to vitamin waters and Heinz ketchup; my cat; texting Kromnux 24/7; hanging out with cool people at work when it's dead...

The test... I'm sitting here checking out all the hotels I'll be staying at, and all the excursions I'll be going on in June. Obviously I'm ridiculously excited. And impatient. I want so badly to remember everything about this upcoming trip so I can recount it over and over again for years to come. Unfortunately my mind likes to work against me, and instead will make memorizing the newest Ed Sheeran lyrics a priority over the details of a once in a lifetime tr...