Tomorrow morning, before even the sun rises, I leave on my 27-day journey from San Jose to Chicago to London back to home. I am so excited for the opportunity to study abroad even if it is only short term. When I first started college, it had been my dream to take a term or year and live in a land far far away. But because of switching majors, switching majors again, and transfering I didn’t have the chance. All of the travel had to be on my own time.
So here I am… less than 12 hours away from being in the air, still with luggage not packed and house looking like its just had a frat party in it. Procrastination, when will I ever learn?
I have a very strange emotion with leaving. Of course I am over the moon of what I am about to experience but I feel like I am saying goodbye to San Jose for good. This feeling has been accumulating for sometime and perhaps it is because my final undergraduate term is looming. But ties are slowly being cut to this place I call home and a longing to “grow up” and start life is growing every day. Who knows what will come of these next months, one thing is for sure… a new chapter starts tomorrow and I can’t wait to see what it holds.
Keep your eyes on my blog and twitter, I will try to update as much as possible.
Cheers,
Dani
