Jitterbug

As my travel date closely approaches, the butterflies are accumulating in my stomach (making it hard to imagine all the delicious German food I will soon be eating). It has finally hit me that I will actually be spending ten whole months in a foreign country without my mom to do my laundry, without my dad to make me chili when I ask, without my brother and sisters a simple phone call away, and without my friends to meet up with me for coffee. The thought of not having that support system as I begin this journey is overwhelming, and terrifying. For the first several months I will feel isolated, and lost, but I know that as I adapt to my surroundings, and make new friendships--at language camp and in my new school when I reach my host family--it will be as if I have found a new home. Although my anxieties consume me now, I cannot wait to see what Germany, and CBYX has in store for me. I know this will be life-changing, and I need to remind myself of the wonderful opportunity I have been given when I feel lonely, or distraught.