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"You get a strange feeling when you're about to leave a place, like you'll not only miss the people you love but you'll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you'll never be this way again." Azar Nafisi
So that's where I am. I am so nervous, excited, and freaked out. It still seems so weird that I am actually going to another country. I've never left the US before, I've never even left the South before! I'm super paranoid that my luggage will get lost or something, but I'm trying to think positive. I think that I have all my papers the best they will ever be. My luggage is packed (and weighing in at a perfect 48 lbs right now) and I have my carry-on packed (without my laptop in it yet of course) and I am still totally freaking out.
I know I am going to miss my friends and family like crazy and it's going to kill me, and I totally know I'm going to cry at the gate (I already have like almost cried a couple times today just thinking about it), but I cannot wait to get out and see the world and go off on my own. No not like off by myself, but get a chance to see what it's like to have to take care of myself in a place where I know no one. I get to make new friends, see things and explore places I might never get to see otherwise.
I think I've packed well, and I've checked the weather for Paris for the coming week, looks like a lot of rain. Good thing I packed an umbrella! I have a few dresses, pants, skirt, though no shorts since I kind of really hate wearing shorts. I am so worried about everything right now, and I'm scared that I'm not going to be able to update everything or the internet won't work and what not. I do have a phone but I haven't really shared the number readily since incoming calls are expensive for me.
I'm really, really going to miss my mom and my best friend!! It's hard thinking about being gone from home for five weeks. It's not like I'm away at school an hour away, I'm in another country across the ocean. Yikes! But at the same time I can't wait to see everything!
Anyways, My flight leaves at 6:30 pm Georgia time tomorrow, and I will be arriving in London t around 2:30 am Georgia time. Then we'll leave London around 2 London time and get to Paris around 5 Paris time. Paris is 5 hours ahead of Georgia's time, so it'll be around lunch time when I arrive in Paris. I'll probably just eat dinner and go to bed that first day! Jetlag is going to be killer I bet.
Well, I should probably finish packing and working on my perfect ipod playlist! Goodnight everyone!
Lots of love!
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