Thoughts on Departure Blog-Kayla Colbert

It is hard to believe that 24 days from now we will be wellon our way to the Hawaiian island of Oahu. I cannot believe that I am already considering whether or not Ishould climb into my attic now and get my suitcase, or wait until a few days before departure to climb up there andrummage through my family's ever growing collection of junkto search for the piece of luggage that will best suit mefor this trip. With the final two weeks of the semester rapidly approaching, I am not looking forward to the final assignments, projects, essays, and exams that lie ahead. I wish I could escape the craziness of life now as I amcompeting with my work schedule to complete all of myassignment and actually feel like I am absorbing the material. The next two weeks will be a stressful and busytime for everyone and this makes me wish that I could fastforward the following days to our departure date to Hawaii.
As our departure day is slowly arriving, I am growing more anxious and excited with each passing day. I do not likeairports and I especially do not like flying, so January1st, 2010 is not a day that I am looking forward to. The idea of flying has always scared me because of all thepossible things that could go wrong. Even though everythingwill be alright, I know I will be a nervous wreck on the dayof departure; however, the days following January 1st arewhat I am ecstatic about. The idea of being on an airplanefor the majority of a day is not appealing to me in any way. Being confined to a tiny seat, eating airplane food,walking down the narrow aisles, and knowing that there maypossibly be a screaming baby on board is not my idea of agood time and if there was an alternate form of transportation to travel to Hawaii, I would gladly opt outof flying. The chaos, confusion, and crowds of people thatare associated with airports is dreadful. I do not do well with giant crowds of people and getting lost from our small group in the Texas or Hawaii airport is my biggest fear. Itend to space out a lot and live in my own little world, in which I ignore everything around me, so this fear may verywell come true, but hopefully not!! Even though I do notlike flying, facing my fears will be worth it as soon as weland and step onto the island of Oahu and are embraced by the warm, beautiful weather as opposed to the cold, crispweather we are familiar with in New England. It seems as ifit were only yesterday that the Hawaii package had arrivedin the mail and I was reading the information for the firsttime, and now five months later I am preparing for the tripof a lifetime.