One Month

Hello all!

So I know it's only been a few days since I last posted, but this is something I really wanted to write about and you'll find out why soon.

If you've been reading this blog for any amount of time then you will know that I already graduated and I'm going to Turkey to study abroad for six weeks, you should also know I plan to attend college out of state.  Anyway, six weeks, that's half a summer, it's not a terribly long time to be away from friends and family in the U.S.  However, when I get back from Turkey I will have (approximately) a week before I leave for college.

My point: this one month I have left, here in Alaska, is all the time I have left to spend it with my friends and family, before my life changes for good.

This is such a weird concept for me to grasp.  I really want to go to Turkey, in fact that is an understatement, but I also want more time with my friends.  I am counting down to the days until I leave for Turkey and Turkey, in general, is on my mind 24/7, but when I spend time having fun with people I care about, this changes.  I had a friends graduation party on Friday and we went driving, we went to get frozen yogurt and we went to the mall.  During that time I was spending with my friends, I was thinking about things in that moment and doing things in that moment.

I guess what I'm trying to get at is, while most people don't see six weeks as being a long amount of time to be gone, leaving for Turkey signifies me leaving everything behind and  (almost) moving out.  When I come back I know things will be different.  I mean, everything changes with time, but it's not just that.  This Turkish experience will change me for the better, but people at home will have changed too.  When I come back two of my best will be at basic training for the Army Reserve and Air National Guard.  I will have had limited contact with everyone, and some of my friends I won't have talked to at all.

Indeed, it is weird going off into the complete unknown, coming back, only to go off into the unknown, again.  I only have thirty, wonderful, precious, beautiful days left in the normal and the known.  I am going to spend these thirty days working, spending as much time as possible with all my friends and family, and learning Turkish.

I have the rest of my life ahead of me, my future is unbelievably bright and my dream of travelling the world seems that much closer.  These next thirty days are going to be incredible.  I have nothing planned so anything could happen.  I don't know what I'm going to blog about, but I will update.  I am ready to enjoy myself, love life and take nothing for granted.  I'm not ready or prepared for the adventures ahead, but I am ready to live and make mistakes.

To anyone who reads this,
This will be an amazing month, I hope you will continue to follow me through the normality of life, before it absolutely and completely changes for me.

As always,
Till next time
-Sarah