INDIA
I just turned in my EAP application to India! So unless I fail my classes, get on probation, or a bunch of other people all turn in applications for my specific program and happen to be ten times more amazing than I am, I am leaving this country for six months/indefinatley. My official admittance letter will come early February, but the EAP man said I was definately a shoo-in. I'm kind of scared to be gone for so long, especially since the program begins 4 days after Santa Cruz gets out and will take away my gloriously lazy summer bumming around Marin and who-knows-where, but I am also ready for an adventure; a challenge; and I hate to say it, a life-changing experience.
The indefinite part is whether I'll be ready to come home. I have the option of staying another semester or even taking a quarter off and travelling around Southeast Asia, so we'll see where I'm at in December. I know for a fact that I will be homesick (mainly missing my favorite people), but will I have experienced enough? Will I be ready to return to this? Maybe I shouldn't be so pessimistic, because actually, I'm happier than I've been in a long time, but I still can't help trying to compare my life here to a life I haven't experienced yet.
And the best part is, Lindsay is coming with me!
-emily