Interesting Day...

Didn't get the chance like I wanted to talk with my mom as my little brother decided to hang around ALL DAY. Fun times, fun times. (if you didn't get the sarcasm then shame on you. :3 ) However annoying the setback was, it did allow me some time to gather my thoughts and formulate a plan of attack. I gathered my research together and allowed myself to practice...in front of a mirror. Yes it felt silly. Yes I locked the door but it sure helped. Now I won't stutter when I get the chance to really talk with her.

My plan is taking shape!....

...somewhat. I have managed to compile a list of reasons of why my mom, the number one obstacle in my way to the land of fish and chips, wont' let me go.

1. Her being, well....a mom.
2. Worried for my safety.
3. Afraid of me getting raped, mugged, thrown into a blender, etc. And her not being able to come right away.
4. Still sees me as her "little girl" ( I know that some part will always see me like that.)
5. Empty Nest Syndrome, Empty Nest Syndrome, Empty nest Syndrome....

So it seems that I'm halfway there to conquering the "Mother Factor". The next step is figuring out how to do it...

Now lets get down to business

The business of determining what has to happen next, of course! I have determined that i can get the cash I need if I find the right part time job. (any opinions on Ingles?) The next thing I have to do is convince my mom. Every time I bring it up to really talk with her about it I get a vague "we'll see..." or just flat out NO. She seems to be wavering but I'm not sure. I have explained to her that I will go after my senior year and that year's summer and the following Fall and Winter. I will be 18 when I go, I DO have much common sense, and I'm a hell of a lot more cautious than most teenagers. So now my only question is how to get her to let me go? Both to England and her vision of the little girl she thinks I am...any advice?

Shhh, its a secret...

It's a secret to most of my friends and family that I have the desire, no that doesn't quite cover it...the NEED to go to England. I have been planning for the past 3 years to go and study abroad for a semester in England. To get away from here. To just add an amazing experience to my rather short list of awesome things that I've done, plus I could see all my friends over there but lets just keep that to ourselves. ;) I'm just a 16 year old teenage girl about to start her Junior year and I have 29 months of sacrificing my weekends for a part time job and working my summers away babysitting a devil child to raise, at the very least, $3,000 and convince my mom to allow me to go.

The Mission: Get to England by 2013
Status: We shall see...