Mom watches my plane land in London.
So, it has now been a year since my amazing semester aborad in Budapest. Although I closed the door on this Blog in March, I have chosen to reopen it for my own reflective purposes. The posts that will be made each day for the next year will be for my own reflective purposes. If you choose to follow along, I thank you, but I'm not asking anyone to. Some of these posts will be interesting, some won't be, as many days between August 28th, 2013 and August 27th, 2014 were mundane, everyday life days, which I will reflect on here as well. This is a reflective blog talking about how I felt THEN, and how I feel NOW.
On this day last year (Now a date late, this is supposed to be for August 28th), I was a nervous wreck. My suitcase was packed, my itinerary was ready, I stared at the wall in my room, realizing I wouldn't see it again for over four months. I was going to Budapest for four months to study abroad, then spending a week in Canada with an ex-girlfriend who was still a friend of mine. At the very least, I knew I would be seeing friendly faces, as Cini, Zsuzsi, Annina, and the Kubik sisters were there to greet me. But I was still nervous. I spent the day watching The Powerpuff Girls to try and calm my nerves, then Jessica and I talked on Skype, and then I prepared for my trip overseas. Dad came home from work early, Kristian finished his day of school, and it was off to Sky Harbor International Airport, and a four-month bon voyage to this side of the Atlantic. We reached the airport, I hugged my family goodbye, headed through the gate, and was whisked away from my family. They drove home, I relaxed as I tried to settle my nerves. I had done this flight route just three months earlier. I knew what to expect, but it felt much more nerve-wracking going at it alone. But, for better or worse, the adventure of a lifetime was set to begin.
It was time to board the plane at 6:45 PM. We boarded, and at 7:30 PM, we took off for London, a 10 hour ride, an ocean away from everything I knew and was comfortable living in. But there was no turning back now. I was excited, but also very, very anxious at the time.
Reflecting back on this time, I find it almost funny that I was so nervous. After all, I knew the route, I had more family there than I did here, so in a way I was going to an even safer place that I already was. The most striking thing, to me, though, is that on this day last year I Skyped Jessica, who was my ex-girlfriend. That in itself shows just how much my life has changed from the day I departed for Budapest to now, as I begin my senior year at Arizona State University and am doing LSAT Prep as I fight to get into Law School and finish my undergraduate degree strong. The fact that I Skyped Jessica on this day shows how much my life has changed because Jessica and I no longer speak. In fact, I despise her now and she probably despises me, although I don't know why. Regardless, details of this, left unwritten about in my Blog post last year, will be posted when it happened "One Year Ago Today", because this blog is uncensored, and reflective. Ultimately, until I took off for Heathrow that day, I was unsure if I was making the right decision. Reflecting back on the last year of my life, and more specifically the time there...I absolutely did.
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