Countdown 'til I Leave

I have to say as a New Yorker, I am not very comfortable with having an online blog because I will be very self-conscious of what I say but I also understand that this is the best and the most efficient way for me to update my friends on my abroad experience. There is just one more thing, this blog is not just for those who read it, but for myself a year, two years, five years down the road when my memories have failed me in the lessons I learned and the adventures I undertook. Many have asked me if I am excited about this trip and for some weird reasons I seem to have trouble answering that question. London is a big deal to a lot of people but for someone who did not plan to go there in the first place, I can only say it is God's plan. To someone who is not a big traveler, I might not understand the implication of this abroad experience or the impacts it will have on me, but I trust that it is the better plan than the one I originally had. As a city girl, I look forward to exploring a new city. As I bid my posse and friends who are going abroad good-bye and praying for their safe journey, I wish I could leave with them instead of waiting here patiently for another month.

There is only one more week to go before I hop on a plane and land on a city that is so different and yet so familiar at the same time. For the journey ahead, I have no doubt that there will be many challenges but I know that I am ready for them.