In little more than one hundred days, I will finally embark on what most people look back at as the best years of their life. Unlike most of the kids in my graduating class, I am venturing off into a world unknown to me, the south.

Home is nuts, but it’s my nutty home. Up in Michigan, it’s cold (for most of the year), the weather is unpredictable, the roads literally suck, and I am within minutes of Detroit. Everything I know is here but that’s why I needed something different. I need something not so cold and possibly something less of an urban jungle like the city I call home.

To be frank, doing something like this isn’t out of my comfort zone. Having an adventure is what makes life worth living. Without seeing what else is out there, how will you know what an adventure is really like? So when it came time to apply to college I made sure that to only apply to out of state schools with no kind of a safety blanket.

Avoiding instate schools may sound silly, but that’s the part of the adventure. I toured schools like Georgetown and NYU to name a couple, but I needed something much different and warmer. And in all honesty something a lot warmer!! So the southern region of the United States seemed like the best option at the time. But now as college draws near and it is for me to move to my new home for the next four years I am freaking out.

It’s the one try place I have never got to really explore.

With that being said there are many unanswered questions I have. It might sound completely stupid but there’s a lot I don’t understand about the culture, which freaks me out.

I am the kid who asks for a pop, not soda, and I’m sorry but I say "you all" and not "y’all." Maybe I am over stereotyping the south because of movies like "Sweet Home Alabama." I imagine walking down the street seeing women in ball gowns and men in their "church best" on their way to a game. Is it the small towns we see on the silver screen?

I don’t know if I can fit in with the southern belles of Alabama.

Don’t get me wrong I am always (well most of the time) up to get dressed up. However, I don’t think I can come to terms with all the southern etiquette I hear about.

Trust me I have manners, but probably mannerisms aren’t the same as the south. I personally blame it on the cold weather and poor roads. But having to wears heels to a football game in the heat? I can wear heels for days, but hearing that makes my feet hurt. I just imagine seeing girls dressed as though they Scarlett O’Hara ("Gone with the Wind") tailgating and drinking their sweet tea jamming to the latest country tunes. I can only hope that my mind is playing tricks and I am overthinking this. I don’t think my city girl life is ready for a country change. The not knowing is driving me insane.

I guess that’s it though, the adventure is the not knowing what the future brings. It would be lame to look into a crystal ball and see your whole life. Wasn’t that the flaw in "Back to the Future: Part Two"? The character foresaw their futures and attempted to change them. Or maybe I just need to lay off the movies. Who knows, but all I do is that I am looking forward to this new chapter.

Can I get a roll tide to that?