It's been one day and I am already homesick. This is going to be much tougher than I had originally thought. But, I am going to try my best to see this through.
My day began with the alarm going off at 4 AM. My flight was at 6 AM from Dayton to Dulles. I landed in Dulles and thought that my ticket said, "boarding at 8:15." So, I decided to get some breakfast and stroll over at about 8:13. Well, all I hear is, "are you Rak? Rak? are you Rak?" I was like, "yeah" as I looked up and saw the "final boarding" sign. They screamed, "you better run, you are so lucky." So I ran to the door, they let me in and off to San Juan, Puerto Rico I went.
San Juan airport was interesting. All I can say is, it is a great place to people watch. The airport itself was filthy, but who cares, right? 3 hours in Puerto Rico and then off to Dominica on the prop puddle jumper. It was pretty interesting flying over all of the Caribbean Islands. I just kept wondering how all of the people live their lives. We're all the same and yet we're different.
Once I landed, I had to go through customs, get my "stamp of honor" on my passport, claim my laptop computer so they could tax me and find my luggage. (BTW Susie did a phenomenal job packing my suitcase.) The Ross University folks loaded us (there were 12 1st semester students) into a van and off we went. The roads are incredibly narrow and they drive on the other side of the road. (Why do we Americans drive on the wrong side, it's like not chosing to go with metric or international units, we have to do it differently.) Anyway, it took an hour to get to campus and one girl almost vomited because she was getting motion sickness.
The Island is lush with so many varieties of green and little color pops here and there. I saw a gazillion banana and coconut trees. Our driver showed us where the Pirates of the Caribbean was filmed. It was an interesting drive. We landed at the Ross University Housing facility and that's when my landlord came and picked me up. He took me to my apartment and I settled in. Oh yeah, it's important to note that there are cows and steer in my backyard AND I am totally bitten up from all of these damn bugs.
Tomorrow I will head over to the school for orientation. Life has changed for me. Right now I am feeling pretty scared and lonely. It's making me doubt what I am doing. I miss my dog and my friends and my life back home. But, it's time to start building a new life.
Thanks for reading everyone!
2 comments:
Amykins, change is good! Repeat after me, CHANGE IS GOOD! That is you mantra from now on. I'll have to find you some beads to fondle while you repeat this. Should bring back memories of you childhood.
Good job - almost missing your connecting flight! Oh well, you made it and it makes for a good story...
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