On my Way

I am officially on my way to Germany! I flew out of Lexington around 1 this afternoon and landed in Charlotte around 2. I start boarding my plane to Munich in less than an hour. The day has already felt long, which I'm sure that feeling will only get worse seeing as how I'm about to board an 8-9 hour flight. There was an entire college cheerleading team on my flight to Charlotte... it was obnoxious, and they were dressed like they were about to go out to bar for the night. I was lucky enough to be the one person who sat in the back of the plane that was not on the cheerleading team...yay. I just read in my book though so it wasn't really that bad.

Once I got off the plane and found the gate for my next flight, I went in search of food. I found a place near my gate that was showing Sportcenter so I went there and ate a cheeseburger and drank a beer. It was nice. Now I am sitting in the airport and just waiting until 4:55 when they start boarding the plane. There seems to be more children than I would have expected on this flight, and a couple who keeps making out, and a dog. Should be interesting. I also spot a guy holding a Forever 21 bag...jealous.

I am super excited about the experience I have ahead of me, but I am also extremely nervous. I don't know what at all to expect when I get there, and I have no idea what my life or schedule or routine will be like for the next 3 months. It also doesn't calm my nerves any knowing that I am heading to a country where I don't know the language. My first day in the classroom is Monday, so that gives me a couple of days to get settled in and to start learning the lay of the land. It also gives me some time to get rid of my jet lag. I'm not so much thinking about that far in advance right now though, more just about this long flight I'm about to take and what I am going to do when I get into Munich and have to go through customs before flying to Cologne. I am just already ready to be there and not traveling anymore.