on my way to the airport (jueves, 22 julio)

My shuttle will be coming to pick me up in about an hour and fifteen minutes. I am feeling a wide assortment of different things. Excitement to see a new country and live there for four months. Sadness because I'll really miss Kyle while I'm in Chile. Grumpiness because getting stuck in a cramped seat on a plane for the next 14 or so hours doesn't sound like any fun. Caffeine-deprived, but then again, it would be pointless to drink any coffee since I hope to actually sleep on the plane. Refreshed because I went on a 4 mile run this morning, even though the humidity was awful, and running along the long quasi-gravel road by my parents House is not much more exciting than being stuck on a treadmill. All you see is endless rows of corn and nothing else. Oh well, it felt good to run so I can't complain too much.

Yesterday I stopped by work to turn in my keys and say some (temporary?) goodbyes. I have no idea if I'll come back to this area after Chile or not, but that's okay. Things will turn out how they're meant to be.

Last night we stayed up late playing baseball (the card game) with my parents. It was pretty fun even though I kept losing (for the life of me I can't shuffle cards), but it was pretty hilarious. Finally we went to bed around 2am. I lied there for a while feeling overwhelmed--this is really it, and I am actually leaving for four months. I felt a similar emotion to right before I went to Oxford last year. I'd been excited about it for a long time, but right before leaving, a tiny part of me wanted to Chicken out and stay home with Kyle instead of being away for a while, part of me felt worried about flight delays, missing my connecting flight, or some other random problem happening. But I'm sure everything will be wonderful. I don't think I'd be quite human if I didn't have a few doubts or concerns with going to a foreign country for a semester.

Anyway, in exactly one day from now, I will be in Santiago!

written by

Sara Florecita on July 22, 2010 from Peru, United States

from the travel blog: año de dos inviernos (Chile 2010)

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