I'm Going
Today I finally got my acceptance letter to my study abroad program: German Language and Culture in Mayen, Germany. So that means I am really going. Maybe now would be a good time to discuss my feelings about this happening. Up until this point, I could really ignore the fact that I would be going to Germany in May, just over six months away. I just have to complete and return some paperwork. Then I'll pay my deposit, and it will really be official.
I am excited and nervous all at the very same time. I am excited to be in Germany, learning more about the language I have committed myself to studying and teaching for the next 35+ years. I am nervous for the flight. I will miss my family. I will miss six weeks of life in Michigan, and I will not be the same when I come back. I know this trip will completely change my life. I know that I will board the plane in Detroit sad that I will not see my family for six weeks, and I know that I will board a plane in Germany sad that I am leaving Germany. That's how it is.
And when I come back, it will be six weeks until I start my last year of undergrad and four months until Alyssa's wedding.
May will be here before I know it, and July will come in a blink.
I am excited and nervous all at the very same time. I am excited to be in Germany, learning more about the language I have committed myself to studying and teaching for the next 35+ years. I am nervous for the flight. I will miss my family. I will miss six weeks of life in Michigan, and I will not be the same when I come back. I know this trip will completely change my life. I know that I will board the plane in Detroit sad that I will not see my family for six weeks, and I know that I will board a plane in Germany sad that I am leaving Germany. That's how it is.
And when I come back, it will be six weeks until I start my last year of undergrad and four months until Alyssa's wedding.
May will be here before I know it, and July will come in a blink.