How I Came to be Moving to Kansas

I cannot believe this is happening to me! :)  I have been hired as an editorial intern for Mother Earth News magazine for the summer of 2012.  I am moving to Topeka, Kansas in a little over 2 weeks.  I really have no idea of what to expect; I guess I imagine lots of flat land covered with wheat.  As for my internship, I hope to gain experience before I come back to Viterbo University for my final year where I will be the editor-in-chief of Lumen, Viterbo's newspaper.  I am both excited and nervous to go to Kansas.  This is the only road trip I have ever been on.  In fact, I haven't really been out of Wisconsin a whole lot.  My last trip was over spring break when I went to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for a week for a service trip, but this is three whole months!  That is an entire summer in a new place where I do not know anyone at all.  That's where the nerves come in.  On the bright side, my new roommates seem very nice.  If that's a sign of anything to come, there is hope.  I must be off to go pack up some things to bring home before I leave!