Today marks the hourly countdown to my take off half way across the world. In 12 hours, my entire world will shift and for the next five months I will say good-bye to all that I know. Am I excited? Absolutely. Am I ready? Well, my bags are packed. Am I prepared? Hmm... Can't answer that. I know nothing that awaits me, nothing I can expect, there's nothing I can even imagine. My heart is prepared, yes. I am thrilled to see what lies before me and the impact and changes I am to experience because of this time.
The bags are packed (and filled to the maximum possible weight limit!) and I am tired of preparations and ready to just be on the airplane, or maybe just be there - skip the 24hr trip...
As I turn my eyes to a new horizon, I keep a part of me here... I can't help it :)
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
16 days in counting
Welcome to my blog! I hope that you continue to follow me throughout my adventure in New Zealand for the next 5 months as I attend a University there and continue to travel the luscious beauty the country has to offer.
Today marks the 16 day countdown to my departure down under. While I am very excited for all that awaits me, I am nervous and sad to be leaving everything and everyone that I know. There is still so much that I need to get done, and so little ambition I have to do it all... it is as though a part of me is rejecting the idea that I am actually leaving and traveling 7,810 miles away. That or I am beyond done with the stress it all brings - either way, I am having difficulty realizing that this is actually happening. It will be nice to travel Australia with my sister the first 19 days of my trip though - and who am I to complain about the blessed opportunity to actually be able to travel?
It is going to be one luminous journey - and I intend to log it all here for you!
Today marks the 16 day countdown to my departure down under. While I am very excited for all that awaits me, I am nervous and sad to be leaving everything and everyone that I know. There is still so much that I need to get done, and so little ambition I have to do it all... it is as though a part of me is rejecting the idea that I am actually leaving and traveling 7,810 miles away. That or I am beyond done with the stress it all brings - either way, I am having difficulty realizing that this is actually happening. It will be nice to travel Australia with my sister the first 19 days of my trip though - and who am I to complain about the blessed opportunity to actually be able to travel?
It is going to be one luminous journey - and I intend to log it all here for you!
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