This is insane. In one year and three days, I will be departing on possibly the greatest adventure I will ever have in my lifetime. This post will be little weird. I am going to try and walk you through what my week will be like, but one year from now. I'll look back on this in a year, and probably think that I was way off, but at least it will provide a laugh. (Your welcome future Colin).
Friday, January 16, 2015- My last day of school. This is gonna be a super tough day; saying goodbye to friends and all, but it will be the official start of the journey. I have never been so excited to be sad, is that weird? I'm sure, with my eagerness, that I will already be packed, and my mom will definitely already be in tears. I'll be double checking flights, visas, luggage tags, anything that can make me paranoid.
Saturday, January 17, 2015- Today will hopefully be a day to just relax, and prepare for the series of flights ahead of me, (aka sleep all day). I'm sure that I will try to do stuff with family, dinners and such. Once again, I will repeat the process of double checking everything, and probably begin freaking out over little things.
Sunday, January 18, 2015- Sunday will probably be really similar to Saturday, a bunch of nothing. I'm not sure how I will feel emotionally though. I know that I will be excited, but probably very worried, and already a little homesick even though I haven't left.
Monday, January 19, 2015- My last day in Minnesota. This will probably be filled with family I assume; lots of goodbyes. I will be finishing packing, and once again, triple checking everything. Probably not a whole lot of sleep that night.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015- Oh man. My flight will be sometime today, and I probably will seriously consider not going, but i'll force myself onto the plane. Very emotional day, but this is the day I have been planning for for 1.5 years! Probably really nervous and sad, but eager to experience everything. At some point, i'll arrive at JFK in New York, and things will really hit me. I'll start meeting other AFSers and volunteers, and prepare myself for the next five months.
Well, let's hope things go as smoothly as I just made them out to be. I'm very excited, but also very nervous. But hey, I have A LOT of time before I have to worry about it, right?
Hey Colin!
ReplyDeleteMy name is Shushu, and I'm actually doing the semester abroad in Italy! I'm currently living in the beautiful town of Genoa! I can tell you right now that coming to Italy was by far the biggest risk I have ever taken in my 16 (almost 17) years of life. Although, it is a little rough at the beginning, I know that this risk will pay off! If you ever want to email me and ask questions, feel free to! Good luck with raising the money you need!!!