TUESDAY.

As promised, I've created a blog in order to semi-accurately document my adventures in Beirut, Lebanon over the next three months.

In less than two days, I head to PDX, hop on a plane to Chicago, then another to Jordan, and finally to Lebanon, where I'll be studying Arabic at the Lebanese American University.

Fact: I'm getting a bit nervous. Mainly I'm just afraid that my future roommate is going to be disgusted by how much crap I'm bringing. I've also been having a reoccurring dream about getting lost at Queen Alia International and missing my connecting flight. Hopefully neither of these fears will be realized, and you'll soon be hearing from me via my dorm room and not an airport lounge in Amman.

Stay tuned, friends!