As the time draws nearer for me to depart, I have been asked by many people the following questions, "Are you excited? Are you nervous?" And usually without much thought my response is: yes to the former and no to the latter of the questions. However, it is never that simple because for some reason the "no" more times than not leads to a follow up question inquiring why I am not nervous or at the very least leads to a quizzical facial expression. I haven't really thought too much about my response to this question until now. Am I weird for not being nervous? I mean, I should be nervous, shouldn't I? Afterall, I am moving half way across the world for almost an entire year to do something that I really have no experience doing. I don't know a lick of Bahasa Indonesia or Javanese and I anticipate living in a very rural part of Indonesia with virtually no foreigners around for miles. My three month stint (the longest I've been away from the U.S.) in Costa Rica couldn't really have prepared me for what I am about to endeavor. Life in CR was so comfortable. I really can't imagine Indonesia being anything like it. Who knows, maybe it just hasn't hit me yet. Maybe once I arrive in Jakarta I will start to second guess my decision. But as of today I am just excited...and not nervous.
It is now officially Tuesday. I leave on Friday morning. Ask me if I have packed one thing.
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Have you packed one thing?
ReplyDeleteI am indeed packed Ben. I leave tomorrow for goodness sakes! I'm not that bad :).
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