Getting Ready...

It's down to two and a half days until I leave for Thailand. I am nervous, anxious, excited, and just a little bit freaked out. Okay, maybe a lot freaked out. Mainly because I've never been to Thailand before so I have absolutely no idea what to expect. I do not speak Thai nor have I opened up my Thai phrase book or Thai podcast that my mom bought me months ago. Procrastination seems to be my way of dealing with stress. Although we will be having intensive Thai language classes during our month of orientation, so that makes me feel less anxious about learning a whole new language that includes an entirely different alphabet. However, at the same time, all of this makes me extremely excited. The anticipation of something completely and utterly new and different has made me realize that I am ready for a new beginning.