19 July - 8:30am.
I am still on American soil, trying to arrange all the final pieces together. I think I am ready. I hope I am ready. Regardless, if I am or not, I will have to be ready. I just said my goodbyes to my 'roommates' as they all took off for work. I don't want to say it was sad, I'll see them all again. But it did make the trip sink in a bit more. It's happening, I'm really doing this. As I write this and think about the departure this evening, my nervousness builds. I have so many unanswered questions. I try to turn those questions into feelings of excitement and a yearning for new adventures, not much luck, nervousness has fully set in.