Lambert

I’m sitting here at the airport outside of gate C8, feeling incredibly uneasy. It's that feeling where your mind is racing so fast that you don’t even know what you’re thinking, almost as if everything is spinning around you and you’re stuck in the middle. It’s not a fear of what to come or what could go wrong; rather, it’s an unease simply due to not knowing. I’ve always known; I’ve always been in control. Well, not anymore. I guess that’s what attracted me so much to Cape Town in the first place. It’s an adventure, right? Well, I guess this is what an adventure feels like: uneasy. In an hour I’ll be on a plane to Chicago, my last glimpse of the States for six weeks. Thank God it’s at least a decent city; I could be flying out of Dallas. I’m so excited to go to London, if even just for a day! I just hope that I can meet up with everyone okay without a cell phone (honestly, how did the human race exist with them?). I know that I’m going to make some incredible friendships in these upcoming weeks, and I can’t wait to see what kind of surprises life will throw me. If there’s anything I am sure of it’s this: I won’t be the same when I return. And that’s why people go abroad, isn’t it? We want to come back changed, a little more educated, a little more cultured, a little more aware of our surroundings and the world outside of our own bubble. I’m not positive I’ll see the changes in myself; that’s what friends are for. Well, for now, I’m a little more at ease. Till next time,

Jason