Preparing to Leave
- Katie Frame
- Dec 31, 2016
- 3 min read
Last night was the first night it really hit me that I am leaving for Hawaii in a couple of days. This entire time I have been excited but I am beginning to feel the nerves kick in. I think the combination of saying goodbye to friends and family, realizing I am traveling by myself for the first time and having to begin packing for the 4.5 months did it. And let me just tell you I am not a light packer, its probably what is causing me the most stress. My friends who have seen the backpack I carry around for school on a normal day can probably imagine the amount of stuff I am taking with me for the semester... its a lot of stuff. But it has been a fun challenge for me to go through every piece of clothing in my wardrobe and figure out what I actually wear and what I have just been holding on to for the last who knows how many years and have decide to donate all of the clothes that I have out grown or just don't wear a lot.
It still blows my mind that this adventure is actually about to happen. I'm starting to get nervous about traveling somewhere by myself for the first time. I know its a good thing for me to be doing but it is kinda scary. But I am super excited to fly. I LOVE planes and being up in the air; it's the greatest feeling ever. I am also really excited about all of my classes I am taking this semester, they are going to be so much fun!! But I think I am most excited about is going to Hawaii itself because it is going to be so different from the south. I am excited for the culture shock. Over all I am way more excited to be going than nervous, and I think that is in part due to my 10 day count down.
The 10 day count down has been a lot of fun to do. For the count down, I don't really have any themes planned like I did previously, but I have been taking random photos of me in Hawaiian shirts, lei's, flowers or having to do with how I am preparing to leave. One day my best friend and I went out to the beach to do a photo shoot so I could use the photos for the count down. All of the photos I have taken are crazy and have been a lot of fun but I have two favorite photos so far for this count down. The first one is Hawaii 5-O day, which is a picture of me in a Hawaiian shirt wearing sun glasses and holding a water gun. It also made sense to do this one because my family and I have started watching Hawaii Five-O together. My other favorite is the day 4 which is a picture of me "only packing the essentials" which is of me zipping my friend into my suit case. But I still have three more days of photos so I bet I will have another favorite in there. To see all of these photos you can follow me on my Instagram framinghawaii or click on the photos tab.
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