Today I flew out of OKC for the last time as a chapter consultant. I can't believe I only have about three weeks left. How crazy is that!
I'm in Charleston until Friday, then I head to Chapel Hill for the weekend. I'm at Wake Forest the beginning of next week, then back to CH, then Appalachian State, William and Mary, and back to Chapel Hill for a few days before I head to Peachtree City. I'm about to tear up just thinking about how close I am to the end!
While I am sad to see the end of my consultantship, it will be nice to sleep in the same bed for more than four nights in a row, not have to dig through a suitcase to find an outfit, drag a suitcase up/down a flight of stairs, stand in line at the airport, try to nap on an airplane, pray that I'll be able to lift my suitcase to get it in the overhead compartment/pray that my bag weighs less than 50 pounds.
Everyone keeps asking if I'm sad or excited that I'm almost finished with my year of traveling. It's not one or the other. It's just bittersweet at this point. I have had some days I just wanted to book a flight home and never look back, and then I've also had days where I don't know how I am going to just move back to Oklahoma and forget about driving through the Smokey Mountains on a Friday afternoon or looking out over the ocean on a random Tuesday before heading back to campus for a meeting.
All I can say is it's bittersweet, but I feel like the most fortunate girl in the world for having this job for the last 9 months.
2 comments:
I can tell you that us here in Oklahoma are very excited to have you home! I think how you are feeling is how I felt when I left Stillwater. I had so many great memories there, I was excited to be in Tulsa with Michael and my family but I wanted to stay in Stillwater with all of my close friends within 10 mins of me!
I think Bittersweet is a good answer. It is a chapter in your book of life that a lot of us don't have. Consider yourself lucky and blessed that you my friend....HAVE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS! ;)
Love you forever and can't wait to have you back home!
Missing you!
3 WEEKS!!! Sorry you're sad, but I'm not!!! (I realize that's a bit calloused, but you know what I mean, right?!)
I can't wait for you to be home! I think you and I should have a permanent "sitting by the pool in the afternoons throughout the month of June" date! I'm not sure of my class schedule yet, but I think we should try to make it happen! What do you think?! (I'm going to need you to commit to this because I need your help getting a free tan from mother nature this summer!)
See you soon!
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