January 8, 2013
Starting this blog was more of a last-minute decision than anything, but I became intruigued with the idea, so here we are.
It's a day before the plane takes off to drop me off to the other side of the Antarctic. Luckily, I am both excited and determined, and I know that those elements, when combined with faith, bring me to my full potential in any situation. I am also very much aware of the fact that I am totally unprepared for this leap. Ha ha ha. Oh well, it's much, MUCH too late to back out now, so I guess I'm finally going to grow up.
Okay, maybe that's dramatic, but it feels like I'm banning myself from Neverland a little bit. I have responsibilities with this program. I have children to teach! Culture shock to meet and vanquish! Cities and perhaps countries to explore and only four months to keep the adrenaline going! My back aches just thinking about it.
But yes, I leave from Salt Lake International Airport tomorrow just after noon, and my first stop will be Chicago! Er... Chicago Illinois? One of those, they didn't specify in my Itinirary. I suspect the latter because the Itinirary lists city names, like Frankfurt (Germany- that's easy!) and Vilnius (Lithuania, exactly the city where I'm set up to teach.) But the layover is only a short 45 minutes, so regardless of Chicago/Illinois confusion, I won't really have the time to stop and admire anything there. I'll save that for the trip home, assuming my camera isn't full of sights. Hee hee hee.
I think the layover in Germany is a bit longer, but I can't remember. I did remember my fruit snacks though! And a couple granola bars to boot! That was a gift from my mommee: "Here have some granola bars we couldn't finish on the car ride over here from Littleton, Colorado to Logan, Utah. They've only been sitting on the counter for two weeks, they're not stale..."
All sarcasm aside though, I'm really grateful to her for thinking of those. I love those Kashi granola bars, they're so filling!
It's only 6:40? Wow, and here I was preparing to close with a thought about needing to go to bed so I can wake up early tomorrow, bluh bluh... Guess that excuse is invalid. I could use the one about my back hurting though, I really should've seen a chiropractor before now... Oh well.
My hope is to update this periodically throughout my adventuring and to be honest and straightforward about my thoughts and beliefs throughout the trip. It'd be so cool to see if I grow up at all in this journey, y'no?
Blog Newbie Elizabeth (Zabe)
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