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Actually, I’m currently in the airport! Yes, waiting for my flight into Mexico City. It’s actually my second day, as I didn’t get on yesterday. Part of me really wants to just get to Mexico and get settled in, and the other part is sort of loving the fact I don’t need to face this giant fear that I haven’t properly dealt with. I’m so scared!!!!
Of course I have some pretty typical feelings about leaving; the excitement of adventure, meeting new people who you apparently become pretty good friends with, eating my way through a new country, and learning a new language, the list goes on. But the feelings that I seem to hang onto most are those of anxiety, fear, apprehension. That sounds a bit dramatic, but there have been moments of complete “what the heck am I doing?!” I’m going to be away from my mom for like a year. WHAT?! I a giant baby and I don’t know how to deal with this. You could say I’ve done this kind of thing before: fresh out of high school, I was away for nine months participating the the Katimavik program, and I like to travel for long periods of time (I was away for most of last summer). This though, feels different. I’m not staying in Canada as with Katimavik, and I am living here rather than taking a vacation.
But anyways, as scared as I am, at the same time its one of my favourite feelings. It means I am going on an adventure, surrounded by a discomfort that I can only grow and learn from. It means I’m pushing myself out of my boundaries and keeping things interesting! OH YEAH!
**Edit: Although I was writing this post at the airport at the time, I am finishing it here, having safely arrived in Mexico. I was expected not to fly that day, with over 6 people oversold. But with some help from the flying Air Canada god, I somehow managed to snag a seat at the very back of the plane. And we flew over the Grand Canyon!!!
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