We've now reached the 1 month countdown until I leave! In only 1 month from today I'll be on a plane headed to Beijing and I couldn't be more excited!!
I still haven't had the "I'm really moving to China" freakout. The closest I've come to that so far was in May when I made all the big pre-China adjustments: quit my awesome career and said goodbye to all of my closest friends in Baltimore and moved out of my apartment to stay in St. Mary's with family for the summer. That was a lot to deal with in only a few days, but even then I didn't actually freak out, it was just that everything started to become more real.
What amazes me is that I haven't become nervous at all. I've never been to Asia, never been an English teacher, never been away from family and friends for more than a month, am claustrophobic, am super picky about food, and am a pretty big control freak but have almost zero control in this situation: these are all legit reasons that I should probably be nervous about since I'm moving to China for a year. Obviously, the only reason I'm staying sane is because He's in control and I handed this entire journey over to Him back in February... since then, I haven't had a real moment of doubt or anxiety. How awesome is that?!
I've been told, though, that period of freaking out will absolutely come before I land in Beijing. So here's my plan: hold off on freaking out until the plane from LAX has left the landing strip; that way, no matter how much I start freaking out, there's no turning back! I might scare my co-travelers a bit, but at least I'll have 29 hours to deal with it before we land... Sounds like a pretty foolproof plan to me!
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