Momma only cried a little.

This post was actually from 5.14.15, but I was having trouble gaining access to post on the blog... so anyway this was the day I flew out.

I have been excitedly awaiting this trip most of the year but as my mom asks "Are you excited?" I have to answer her honestly, "I'm really just too tired to feel anything right now."  In typical "Shannon fashion", as, I think my colleagues are beginning to realize, I have bitten off more than I can chew and left many things until the last minute. Since completing my first year of vet school exactly 1 week ago, I have traveled to Dallas, moved into a new house, and traveled to New Braunfels and back to College Station. Now I am on my way to Arlington for my flight, which is delayed an hour (good thing since I am running a little late). The latter four being in the past 72 hours... I am exhausted. I think it might be a good thing that I have been so busy though because I had been anxious about travelling abroad for the first time, with people I really don't know that well. 

In orientation a couple of weeks ago our Study Abroad Office coordinator presented a diagram (below) about how people feel when they go abroad... I have experienced some pre-departure ups and downs and I am dreading the homesick stage. I confess I sometimes still get homesick even though I am 26, been living away from my parents for almost 8 years and only live about 3 hours away. 

I am waiting with Chris for our flight out and just anxious to get underway. I know my mom is nervous too but she's trying to be tough, she only cried a tiny bit when her and Dad dropped me off.