I’m off to India! As a step towards my masters degree, I will be interning for a social justice organization designing and evaluating the international education programs that they have for American college students. I’ve been told that I glow when I’m talking about it…so I must be excited J and I am….even though it’s hard to imagine that in just 2 plane rides I will be on the other side of the world and in a completely different time zone!
The moment that it became real was right after I boarded my first flight…and realized that when the pilot told me to turn off my cell phone, it would be the last time I could do so for 6 months. And THAT’S when my stomach went into knots and and I started getting hot flashes and almost had to ask for a paper bag to cure my hyperventilating. Turn off my cell phone? Now, I wouldn’t say I am dependent upon my phone. In fact, I rather like not answering calls and delaying responses to texts (oops…sorry guys). But that’s because I can. To not have that freedom? To not be able to be in constant communication with everybody who is near and dear to me? Wait…to be on the opposite side of the world from them? Now THAT’S scary.
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