Posted:Thu Nov 5, 2009 4:32 PM CST
too soon
Time is sneaking up on me.
It's getting closer and closer to when I'm supposed to leave.
Heading to the other side of the planet.
First and formost, I am going to see if the friend I made will continue to be a friend and maybe something more.
Second, to see a part of the planet I've never seen before, poke at vegitation ( what little there is ) and marvel at the oddness of it all.
When I thought about doing this, all those months ago, it wasn't such a big deal.
I honestly figured that by this time, I would be all cool and calm about it.
Also, since i'm a pessiminst I also thought there was a good chance he'd be bored with me and tell me not to bother.
Neither has happened.
I'm terrified now.
That little bit of question panic is setting in.
Will I get lost in the airports?
How many flights will be held over?
What time will I get there?
Is customs going to want to look at more then my luggage?
When I ask for help, will someone actually help me?
I've never travelled by air before. Sure I've bussed it fairly far on my own, and that wasn't really so bad. But airports are big and scary.
Only because I've never been flying.
And then, once I'm mostly there, I have to pit stop at another persons place, since the flight to my actual destination apparently doesn't go after evening.
( because of what I've been told about customs, I will have to hang about hours in one of the airports for a later flight )
So I'll be at a strangers place.
Sure I'm weird and talky when I'm typing, but I really doubt that I can carry a notepad around to convey communications.
I'll have to actually verbalize.
With strangers.
That scares me.
Then, after a night staying in a weird place with people I don't know at all, back to the airport to continue on.
Once I get where I'm supposed to go.
There's a whole new set of panics.
Ugh.
About a month... then off I'm supposed to go.
I'm scared.