LEAVING ON AN AUTO TRAIN

Today I'm leaving on an AutoTrain.
I don't yet know when I'll be back again.

That's a lie.
I do know.

I'll be back for a week in July for two weddings! :)

I left home this afternoon.
It feels very strange.
I cried.
I'm just a baby like that.

I'm currently waiting for the Auto Train to begin the boarding process. I have no clue if I'll get any internet or even have access to any electrical outlets. It's probably a good thing if I don't since I need to desperately get cracking on studying for the LSAT. I take the test on June 7th!

Tomorrow morning I arrive in Sanford, Fl and then make the 7 hour drive to my brother's house in Georgia.

I'm excited.
I'm nervous.
I'm scared.
I'm sad.

I am feeling more emotions than I have even felt before. It's a good thing really; this move of mine. I need to take the next step, put myself 'out there'--wherever that 'out there' may be.

I said goodbye to my Uh-Uh this morning. My uncle Bob told me she was crying after I left. I'm glad I caught her on one of her good days, but I find myself sad to think that the next time I see her she might not have any good days left.

She told me that she was happy for me and that she knew this was something that I needed to do, that everyone needs to do at some point in their lifetime. It was something that she herself has done many times before.

I'll miss her. I'll miss the woman she used to be before Alzheimer's took her away from us.

I'll miss my Maryland friends, my family, and the life that I used to know.


Here is to the Big Move... to starting fresh... to trying something new.