Time to Think

As I sit on my excruciatingly long flight from San Francisco to Beijing I have time to reflect on my journey to the other side of the world. The last two weeks leading up to my departure date had been horrible. I was stressed beyond belief and extremely sad. I wasn’t scared about what I was about to embark on I was sad because of all the people I would leave behind. I have a great family and great friends how could I leave them.  As we spent the last couple of weeks hanging out I realized how much I am going to miss going out to the bars, going out to dinner, going shopping, and spending days out on the boat. I honestly thing the real reason I am scared is that I fear that they will forget me and move on. We had such a great group of people and I feel that my leaving has screwed it up. Now the morning of my departure I am eerily calm. Once I made it through security I didn’t feel like I was going on a 28-hour journey I felt like I was just flying off on another one of my vacations. Even as I sit on the plane to Beijing I am quite calm.  The only thing I am worried about is making my connection to Bangkok, I could handle missing a connection in the United States or Europe but I am not so sure how I could handle it is China. With that being said I want to have fun I want to experience everything that Asia has to offer. I am hoping I don’t slip back into my shell and be a homebody. I just want to meet my fellow Language Corps classmates, hopefully I will meet people just like me who crave adventure and are willing to step out of their comfort zone to experience a new culture.  Wish me Luck .