Take A Vacation!
Cheesy title, I understand, but I leave for Ireland Tuesday. It was easy.
This shares the shit out of me. Not the title, but the trip. I've been out of the US before, have been to Germany and France, have traveled on my own before, but this feels so much larger. I'll be gone for 2 months. That's certainly the longest I've ever been out of the country.
I'm not worried about my friends or family or missing a pet that I don't have or anything like that. I'm not worried about forgetting to pack something, or even money really. I'll be OK financially...knock on wood. I have a cell phone that'll work while I'm there. I'll even be in summer school and living in an apartment for 5 weeks.
It's the 3 weeks after the program ends, when I'm kicked out of housing and plan to travel that scare me. I'm worried that I'll be the only one from the program left so I'll have no one to travel with. I'm afraid that something will happen even if I stay in my "home" city and I won't have anyone to go to. I'm afraid of shady hostels and not knowing the language when I travel. I'm afraid of things I would never be afraid of in Chicago. It's ridiculous.
I'm also excited. Getting away will be amazing. I just need this to be relatively stress free.
Cross your fingers. This could be the trip of my lifetime.
This shares the shit out of me. Not the title, but the trip. I've been out of the US before, have been to Germany and France, have traveled on my own before, but this feels so much larger. I'll be gone for 2 months. That's certainly the longest I've ever been out of the country.
I'm not worried about my friends or family or missing a pet that I don't have or anything like that. I'm not worried about forgetting to pack something, or even money really. I'll be OK financially...knock on wood. I have a cell phone that'll work while I'm there. I'll even be in summer school and living in an apartment for 5 weeks.
It's the 3 weeks after the program ends, when I'm kicked out of housing and plan to travel that scare me. I'm worried that I'll be the only one from the program left so I'll have no one to travel with. I'm afraid that something will happen even if I stay in my "home" city and I won't have anyone to go to. I'm afraid of shady hostels and not knowing the language when I travel. I'm afraid of things I would never be afraid of in Chicago. It's ridiculous.
I'm also excited. Getting away will be amazing. I just need this to be relatively stress free.
Cross your fingers. This could be the trip of my lifetime.