Anticipations, Anxieties and the like.

It never seems to be a recurring thing that I blog. Once again, i will blame being busy on the the blogging or rather lack thereof.

It is drawing closer to the time that I will be embarking on my great adventure. Living overseas, in another country, i.e. one that is not my own. Yes it will only be for about 7 months, and yes it is an exchange program, so i will have support available, from both my host universtity and my home university if ever a disagreeable situation should occur. I will also have my best friend along with me, and im sure that will be the greatest support of all.

However, even though there will be all of this support available to me, it also means, quite a long time of fending for myself, accepting full responsibility for my actions, my economic status and my own general welfare. For all intensive purposes I am alone for the very first time.

Having travelled independently from the age of 16, i am already used to being on my own for a period of time. However i have always had something to return to, after no longer than 3 weeks at a time. An impenetrable safety net. A haven which protected me from the dangers of the world, when things started to get too tough.

I am so ready for this adventure to begin. Never being one to stay in the same place. Travelling has been a long standing yearning of mine since i was younger. And now i finally get to tackle much of the world i want to see.

Along with the excitement of travelling and the hope that it will be everything that i have hoped for and more, there are many things i am anxious about. I want to be that person that flies by the seat of her pants, that takes things as they come, that lives from minute to minute and doesnt care when she runs out of money, has no place to live or cant afford to buy the little things.

I want to be all these things, but i can't and probably won't. I'm just me, flaws or not. Spontaneous sometimes, organised at others. But i guess i won't really know how i will react to things until i tackle them all head on.

All i can say is bring it on!

:P