The sad sad process of saying goodbye to family and friends is officially in full effect. This Saturday my mom and I went to visit my aunt, uncle, and cousins in Kalamazoo. It was great to see everyone, but really strange to say goodbye knowing that I won't see them for a long time. It was also bittersweet to be spending one of my last weekends with my mom before I leave. I know I'm going to miss her most of all. Luckily most of my friends don't live in Spring Lake so I'm already used to being separated from them, but it will be hard not to be able to pick up the phone and call whenever I need to hear their voices. Being away from everyone is definitely going to be the hardest part of this whole experience. I already miss my sister and Matt tons.
At the same time I am making contact with people from my training group. I finally found the Facebook group that was made by one of the gals I'll be going to Ukraine with. Our group is HUGE (over 100 people). I have been facebook stalking a few of them, but it's hard to know much about anyone from a few pictures and the groups they are in. I'm sure out of that many people I'm bound to get along with enough of them to keep me happy (knock on wood).
Saying goodbye is the worst, but saying hello for the first time can be the most exciting.
On an unrelated note here is something AWESOME that I'm looking forward to... Twelve-dish Christmas Eve Supper
Hey! You should be in country right about now going through the whirl-wind adjustment to living with a family and long days of training...lemme know what its like when you get a chance! I'm really curious to how similar/different our experiences are! We might be in bordering countries but I'm sure its like a planet away sometimes...especially for you right now :)
ReplyDeleteHang in there and I hope things are great!