So I officially leave in less than a week, 6 days to be exact, and I'm surprisingly calm. I have yet to even figure out what suitcase I am bringing. I haven't started to plan out what clothes I'm going to bring or miscellaneous items I probably won't need that I'm taking anyway. I have always thought I would be more excited or freaking out more. I honestly think I haven't realized that I'm leaving so soon. I keep wondering when it is going to hit me.
When the first day of classes at JMU rolled around, it was as if I was completely obliviously to the fact that I'm not going back to JMU. I was sitting pretty at home, thinking I was still on the normal winter break. I woke up late, moseyed on getting breakfast, did some leisurely reading and ran some errands. It was as if the whole world of JMU didn't exist to me anymore. That is a seriously sad thought. But in reality it is somewhat true. I am going out to experience a whole new world. Becoming an absolute cliche, traveling is going to broaden my mind and open myself to an array of new experiences. The once huge JMU will now become small and something to hold me back. How am I supposed to return to the mundane life of just going to classes and doing work? As much as I hope this doesn't come true, in a way I feel it must. For one to come true, the other must. The one thing I do hope to come out of this, is that I come back to JMU itching to get out again. Go somewhere else, maybe teach in a different country. Who knows what living in London will do to me. But one thing is for sure, I am in no way ready to go! So much to do and I really do have so little time!
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