Finally.
Safe
and
e x h a u s t e d.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
An Adventure BEFORE we even get to Argentina?!
Yes, so, we're not on a 10-hour ride, uncomfortably snoozing with sleeping pills mixing with the questionable airplane food. No, we're still in Dallas. And when I say we, I mean me and the four other SIT ladies that I met before our day halted. Annie, Molly, Kristina, Kelsey and I, who only met a few hours ago, are sharing beds and anxieties, minor complaints and hopes for our time together.
We will most definitely be the most bonded group when we first get there. The "fashionably late" ladies strolling into BA at 9:15 pm, just in time for dinner.
If it was surreal before I even started going at 6 this morning, now it has surpassed all of this. It's just such a funny and unnecessary event, to be delayed 13 hours. It'd be way more hard core if we'd had to stay in the airport and sleep on the ground, with no air conditioning, or food, or end in sight.
But no, we're at the Wingate. We had hotel and food vouchers. We'll catch a shuttle in the morning. It's just...inconvenient.
I'm pretty certain that when I tell anyone this story in the future, I'll embellish it a little more. Make it seem a little more, I don't know, B.A.?
Also, Shout Out to my beautiful and sweet friend Kay Lorraine for turning 20-years-old TODAY!
We will most definitely be the most bonded group when we first get there. The "fashionably late" ladies strolling into BA at 9:15 pm, just in time for dinner.
If it was surreal before I even started going at 6 this morning, now it has surpassed all of this. It's just such a funny and unnecessary event, to be delayed 13 hours. It'd be way more hard core if we'd had to stay in the airport and sleep on the ground, with no air conditioning, or food, or end in sight.
But no, we're at the Wingate. We had hotel and food vouchers. We'll catch a shuttle in the morning. It's just...inconvenient.
I'm pretty certain that when I tell anyone this story in the future, I'll embellish it a little more. Make it seem a little more, I don't know, B.A.?
Also, Shout Out to my beautiful and sweet friend Kay Lorraine for turning 20-years-old TODAY!
Past the point of déjà vu
Well at least I'm farther than I was at this point in March.
Yes, this means I'm on my way. I'm actually already in Dallas, waiting about a drive to Asheville longer, and then a boarding for a decade of hours to arrive in Buenos Aires.
Excitement is not exactly the word I would use to describe the feeling in my head, heart or stomach right now. It's been a long battle getting to this point, and now I'm only just beginning. I would be lying to you if I told you I was in the least bit prepared for this trip, physically, mentally or educationally. But I'm going. And my Spanish is going to be awful, and I'm going to be doing a lot of nodding, and I still have a paper to write, but I'm going.
And that's what really matters.
I'll post once I get there about what all the trip is about, how my emotions have changed (hopefully for the better) and what's the first food I eat (obviously).
I'm sorry for not getting on this more quickly. I still have a half-finished draft of a Maine post waiting to be published, and a lot of thoughts about the trip. But life happens, and an especially large amount have been happening just in August. So, as I always try to do, you just have to happen along with it.
Yes, this means I'm on my way. I'm actually already in Dallas, waiting about a drive to Asheville longer, and then a boarding for a decade of hours to arrive in Buenos Aires.
Excitement is not exactly the word I would use to describe the feeling in my head, heart or stomach right now. It's been a long battle getting to this point, and now I'm only just beginning. I would be lying to you if I told you I was in the least bit prepared for this trip, physically, mentally or educationally. But I'm going. And my Spanish is going to be awful, and I'm going to be doing a lot of nodding, and I still have a paper to write, but I'm going.
And that's what really matters.
I'll post once I get there about what all the trip is about, how my emotions have changed (hopefully for the better) and what's the first food I eat (obviously).
I'm sorry for not getting on this more quickly. I still have a half-finished draft of a Maine post waiting to be published, and a lot of thoughts about the trip. But life happens, and an especially large amount have been happening just in August. So, as I always try to do, you just have to happen along with it.
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