{"id":1136,"date":"2011-08-24T08:33:45","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T13:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/?p=1136"},"modified":"2011-08-24T08:33:45","modified_gmt":"2011-08-24T13:33:45","slug":"dear-luggage-please-do-me-a-favor-and-please-pack-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/?p=1136","title":{"rendered":"Dear Luggage, please do me a favor and pack yourself."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Situation:I&#8217;m flying from Chicago to Prague tomorrow at 5:10 pm with 2 layovers in Brussels and Budapest.<\/p>\n<p>Problem: I currently \u00a0have no packed luggage.<\/p>\n<p>I have always been a bit of a packing procrastinator. Even as I little kid, I would always be the last in my family to pack. I&#8217;m not sure if you would categorize cramming my stuffed animals in my pink barbie backpack as packing, but work with me here. Some things never change. While I may have upgraded to a monogramed luggage set, my tendencies for procrastination are still intact.<\/p>\n<p>I have spent the last few days saying my goodbyes and buying last minute purchases. \u00a0While they have been unsurprisingly difficult, I cannot feel anything but pure elation. I half excitedly, half anxiously await my arrival in Prague. \u00a0I am starting my yearlong adventure in Europe and I cannot imagine a more perfect place for me to study than Prague. \u00a0I hear it&#8217;s one of my the most magical cities in Europe, \u00a0mostly untouched by WWII, so I will take a plethora of pictures and share them with you as often as I can. I&#8217;m in a perpetual state of disbelief at my good fortune so I&#8217;m sure someone will have to pinch me when I get there.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, I will have some luggage to take with me tomorrow. As for now, onward and upward.\u00a0Let my adventures begin.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Situation:I&#8217;m flying from Chicago to Prague tomorrow at 5:10 pm with 2 layovers in Brussels and Budapest. Problem: I currently \u00a0have no packed luggage. I have always been a bit of a packing procrastinator. Even as I little kid, I would always be the last in my family to pack. I&#8217;m not sure if you &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/?p=1136\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}