So, in consideration of my travel mate’s challenge to think about what I’m looking forward to seeing on the World Race, I’ve been trying to think today about what I’m NOT looking forward to. Honestly, it’s kinda harder than I thought. Everything I come up with has its benefits and drawbacks. So, really, I’m looking forward to and not looking forward to basically every aspect of the trip.
But I guess the one thing that will be hard is the adjusting to new people. I’ll greatly miss everyone I’m leaving behind, and I think I’ve mentioned before in a post that the World Race marks the end of an important era in my life. It’s entirely possible I will never return to Monroe, Louisiana once I graduate this December. That would be true even if I weren’t stepping out on the World Race, but the two come together and it’s very bittersweet. A lot of bittersweet things have happened in my time of preparation for this next adventure.
But also consider this mind blowing fact: after training camp, I will never be able to say again that I do not know my travel mates. I don’t know them yet, but I soon will and then I will always know them for the rest of my life. I have a feeling these people will be pretty important in my life from here on out. We’re going to experience something together that no one else can possibly relate to and that’s something to cherish and also find frightening.
So, in conclusion it’s all bittersweet. There’s a lot to look forward to and a lot to miss. But I guess that’s just how life is.
