Pausing my series of training camp blogs for a minute(did you think I was only done after only three? You know I can’t have run out of words that soon).
Life between training camp and launch is hard.
I’m restless and impatient and in general just annoyed.
I’m also happy and excited and in general totally at peace.
(Does anyone else have a certain Taylor Swift song in their head after reading that? Or is that just me…)
I want this time to fly so I can hug my squad mates again.
I want this time to drag so I can soak up every last minute with all the other people I love.
I change my mind between the two extremes at least once an hour.
And my job is killing my soul. I know there was a time when I woke up excited to roll burritos and make small talk with strangers…but that ended a few weeks before training camp. I’m trying so hard to keep working hard my last few weeks, but I’m so tired.
I miss waking up to the sound of my squad’s voices.
And I really miss having people to talk to about the World Race all the time. TC was a bubble where everyone was excited about the same things I am. Out in the real world, everyone’s tired of hearing about it.
Bright side up, my middle brother’s best friend is living with us for the summer, and he’s almost as obsessed with the World Race as I am(poor thing isn’t old enough to go yet), so that’s been fun.
Really, life is much more okay than I’d imagined it would be right now. I’m only five days into this 38 day season and I don’t mind it yet.
My older brother and his girlfriend flew in from Boston the night before I came home from TC and I got four days with them before saying goodbye to them for at least twelve months.
I’ve loved getting to drive my car again; I missed her last week.
And I’ve never been so thankful for my mom’s food.
I got my yellow fever shot on Tuesday and took the first of my typhoid pills last night. And the travel clinic got me super cheap malaria meds, and my mom found my passport while I was gone.
I feel way more prepared than I thought I’d be.
Which probably means I’m missing something important, but right now I’m too at peace to care.
I just love Jesus so much and nothing else matters. 🙂
