Pre-Flight Madness
Its been a rough few weeks leading up to the moment I am embarking on now. I started the exam period behind, having to catch up for weeks of neglect of my studies in the middle of semester due to State Conference. Therefore I was both excited and annoyed that I had the maximum amount of time to study before my exams, but also that 2 exams would fall after my flight was scheduled to leave.
The exam period went well and I got my Middle East History essay (on the Shi’a in Iraq) in on time, then prepared well for both my Commerce Exams. However, unfortunately I just didn’t have enough time to catch up Arabic and the exam was a little crappy. I am hoping my effort will be enouh to get through, but I won’t sleep well until the results are released.
It was chaotic in the last hours before I left Melbourne for Muscat. I would probably still be packing if it wasn’t for my family and friend’s help. I thought I was reasonably on track but in the last hour before leaving I realised there was still loads that I needed to find and sort out. At the end I was just shoving stuff into my bags and praying it would weigh the right amount. We raced to the airport and everything worked out fine.
Leaving for 12 months is so hard, mainly because of the goodbyes and the knowledge you won’t breath the same air as your friends or family for so long. Luckily I’m coming home for chirstmas which makes it a little easier to handle. But the goodbye was still really hard. I’m happy that I can just shut it out and watch movies because if I really think about it, it makes me really sad. How do you deal with goodbyes? Short and sharp, don’t look back, or long and drawn out?
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