All my bags are packed and I'm ready to go. OK, enough with the sappy John Denver music. I don't know why I am still up... it's 1:30 am local time and my dad is going to be mad at me for not getting any sleep. Oh well, my itinerary is condusive to sleeping, I'll be leaving the US to head to London Heathrow Airport at 10:00pm eastern time. 

I'll miss my family, friends and pets back home. I'll miss the California sunshine. I'll miss home cooked meals though I am excited to explore what new food London will open my tastebuds to. Still, to re-iterate my point, I don't know why I am still up at 1:30 am. Up to this point it has been what I like to call, 'organized chaos'. 

Between finishing the requirements for the course, visiting my grandparents and playing fetch with my golden retriever, it has been a busy week. But now is the time, London is calling. It'll be awesome to get into London and start exploring. Our first activity is to attend a Torch Run Celebration concert in Hyde Park, the next day is the final torch run into the Olympic Stadium for the Opening Ceremony. 

So let the games begin!

I heard about the Tiffin University Olympic Academic Experience last summer, around late July. I remember checking my e-mail one summer day and got e-mail from the club advisor to the Warsaw Sports Marketing Club. It is exciting to get these e-mails, as you never know what amazing details are enclosed in the unread message. Obviously, when I saw the word ‘Olympic’ in the subject line, my heart skipped a beat. I was surprised. From the basic information about this program, I knew it was an amazing, once in a lifetime opportunity to dive further into the subject of the Olympic Movement.  I soon closed my MacBook and went on with the rest of my day of sports and homework. But I wouldn’t let my mind forget about the e-mail and took down the application deadline. About 5 days later, I talked to my parents about the e-mail and asked them if I could apply. I made the decision to apply after reviewing information online and once I had the realization that there would be no language barrier, albeit a slight linguistic deviation from American English, in traveling to London. So I applied, and originally made the waiting list. Through attrition, I registered for the class and am here explaining how I heard of the Olympic Academic Experience. It all started that fateful day when an email was sent out to the Warsaw Sports Marketing Club.