Pre-BISP Thoughts #1

I leave for Seattle early Friday morning. This Friday morning. Summer is officially over. Weird. I'm excited to go off and have adventures, but I'm also sad to be leaving behind my family and some pretty amazing friends, both in Austin and Spokane. I have a considerable amount of work to do this week before I leave (not including packing) and so many people I want to see and things I want to do (and things I want to eat..mmm...Chuy's & Kerbey Lane). I feel almost like I did before the beginning of RA training last year. I am excited for the future, excited for the excitement, and excited for the adventure. I also am scared that I won't be able to handle it and scared that it will stretch me in painful ways (those are the best ways, in my opinion after the fact).

It's going to be great and it's going to be hard. Probably all the best experiences in life have a little bit of both.

I'm gonna try to keep this updated regularly throughout the trip, though it might sometimes be repeats from the facebook group updates. Keep checking in. I miss you already.