Hey everyone!!! Just to let y’all know right off the bat, I am in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I traveled for three days before I finally landed in this beautiful country. Everything has gone by as a blur lately from saying goodbye to my family and friends to traveling for 48 hours. I am normally not the type of person to get upset at goodbyes because I know it is just saying I’ll miss you for some time, but this time it really hit me. Saying goodbye to my family was one of the hardest things I think I’ve ever had to do in my life. I’m so glad that I’m taking on this big change, but it is hard leaving a huge part of my life back home.
So, to not sound so sappy anymore, I want to tell y’all about how I faced a huge fear of mine these past couple of days. I do not fly, and that’s kind of ironic because going into this trip I knew that I would be traveling a lot. Somehow, I ended up okay. I flew from Atlanta (my home sweet home), to the Big Apple, and then to China. At first, I didn’t think it would take us three days to get to Thailand, but after a twelve hour layover, a fourteen hour flight, a five hour layover, a five hour fight, I understand why now. Let’s just say, I feel like a world-class traveler now. 😉
I’m happy to say that I don’t fear planes as much anymore, but it will still take time for my fear to fully go away. One of the coolest things that I have ever seen during all my traveling was the Northern Lights. While I was on my fourteen hour flight to China, we flew over Russia, and my friend and I saw a beautiful, faint, green glow across the sky. It has been a dream of mine since I was a kid to see the magnificent and rare Northern Lights. I am still in awe of everything that has happened in the last week, but I couldn’t be happier!
Everything has been so unexpected, yet amazing. I was so nervous and went in with no expectations, and it has turned out to be such a blessing! I’m so grateful for everything in my life. I just want to specifically thank everyone who has supported me thus far as well as my family for believing in me and allowing me to take a different (but exciting) path!
With love,
Tatyana
