I am counting down the days until I leave for Turkey for five weeks!! I am so excited but scared and anxious at the same time. This year, my life is changing so rapidly that I am barely having the chance to process it all. Until now, I’ve never been away from my family for more than two nights! I’ve never been on a plane on my own before and now I am flying away to another continent for over a month. It still hasn’t really hit me yet. No one to take care of me, just me, myself, and I.

It’s time to adjust to being on my own because once I come back from Turkey, after a month, I’ll move to DC to live alone for the next few years. I am not sure how I feel about this. Sure, I look forward to the freedom and not having to answer to anyone. My parents are finally trusting that I am an adult who can make my own decisions and who can look out for myself. Still, as much as I’ve been waiting for this opportunity for years, it is nerve-wrecking to not know how I will fare. There is nothing to do but take a “leap of faith” and believe in myself. 

For now, I’ll continue to live in excitement over visiting a beautiful country like Turkey. This is an experience that will stay with me through the rest of my life. Hopefully, I don’t get too homesick and I am able to remain close to the people I love through all the various forms of communication available in this day and age. Although, I haven’t been truly blogging as much since my LSAT days, I’ll try to document my travels via tumblr.