I Have Arrived | Emotions of Take-off

Hi friends, so let us pick up where we left off in the last post. To answer the burring of question of how well I know myself, I’m Jon Snow with Ygritte (reality) staring back at me telling me the hard truth. To summarize the last two weeks quickly; it was a mess.

I packed and repacked up to leaving for the airport. My checked bag was still to heavy. Big boo on me. Mentally I was close to my prediction. I wasn’t mentally prepared to go as predicted, I ignored a lot of me feelings and when the day came, I was actually super sad instead of being stressed/excited. I was heartbroken saying goodbye to my family (involuntary tears happened when my mom and brother left) and friends. I pushed a lot of my sadness down until I was physically at the airport. I stewed in sadness through take-off of flight one, but knew I had to start seeing the positives. Plane had taken off, there was no going back. The rest of the day I spent preparing my mind for positive things. As well as trying to sleep (I failed to sleep, but I did catch up on movies).

Upon arrival I felt a lot better. Physically I was drained. My legs hurt from sitting, my back was aching, and my head was ringing. But mentally I was finally excited to be in country and start school. The past two months have been odd because I haven’t been doing much. I made personal challenges for myself, but I personally get better results when someone instructs me.

On another note, my room is very cool and the people I have met so far are great! I am in the odd position where I am the oldest member of the IFSA group here; not to say that will change anything it’s more of a fun fact. I am living in a five-bedroom apartment, everyone staying gets their own room. As you can see by the photos mine is VERY mess, but I have only been here for six hours total, of which I spent most of the time sleeping (with success this time!).

But this is my room!

Well it is 08:00 folks so I need to shower and get ready for the day of orientation ahead. Side note jet lag had me up at 05:00 this morning, so I’m predicting I will crash around 17:00 today.

I will be doing a What I Packed blog as soon as I unpack.

Thanks for reading

-Cassidy

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