If you are a college student home for the summer between Sophomore and Junior year and you are going to study abroad in Ireland this coming semester to start off your junior year, you can probably agree with a lot of these.
1. Worrying that school is flying by:
If you are like me, you can't stop thinking about how your college career is half way over and you are not ready for the second half of it to fly by as quickly as the first half. Not only that, but you are spending this next semester in Ireland and you are worried it might detract from letting you enjoy the last four semesters with your friends. That is one full quarter of what is left.
2. Being excited to go to Ireland:
I guess you will only really understand this one if you have never left the country, but in spite of your fears, you are excited. There is a whole country of adventure ahead of you and you know you will carry memories of this trip with you for the rest of your life. You are going to make friends and see castles, visit Irish bookstores, and so many other things that even you don't understand yet!
3. Having mixed feelings about being home:
Sure, you love being home to see your family and your friends. They will always mean the world to you, but at some point, the creeping excitement of your coming adventure to Ireland will start to clash with that warm, happy feeling. You are going to feel conflicted. How could any adventure measure up to your friends and family who have been there for you for so long? How could you let comfort make you feel bad about an adventure?
4. Worrying about the plane ride:
If you are anything like me, you have only ever been on a plane one time when you went to Disney World with your school's music department (band and choir, but you were in the choir) spring break of your junior year of high school. So, this is your first time on a plane by yourself. You do not know exactly what to expect, and you are not sure how you will avoid being antsy on that plane for like nine hours.
5. Worrying about packing:
You are definitely not sure how you are going to get your ukulele into your luggage and over to Ireland with you, but you are going to do whatever it takes. Either you will stick it in a super thin case and into your carry-on, or you will try to pad it and keep it in your luggage, but you are not leaving your ukulele behind. It is your third arm.
6. Writing an article about being a college student home for the summer between Sophomore and Junior year when you are going to study abroad in Ireland this coming semester to start off your junior year:
Anybody who has never been a college student home for the summer between Sophomore and Junior year when they are going to study abroad in Ireland this coming semester to start off their junior year will definitely not understand why I needed to write an article about it, but if you're like me, you understand the need to express your relatable feelings to the world.
