I just finished unpacking and settling back into my apartment in Heidelberg. I am currently fighting with jet lag pretty hard and trying to not be sleepy. I am grabbing dinner with my friend Gabi, who is also a Full Year student in the AJY program. Hopefully that can help me stay awake at least until 9 p.m. ish and then it will be ok for me to go to sleep. Classes resume tomorrow and I am not going to lie, I am not looking forward to it. I had such a nice break from constant German and German homework assignments. Oh well, nothing to do but jump back in.
I really do not have any major plans for the time being as I finish the last 5 weeks of the quarter. I am going to try to do some more traveling within Germany and hopefully (finally) get up to the northern part of the country to see Hamburg and Bremen. Most everything else is “To Be Determined”, meaning that I hope to do some traveling with the other full year students and a few places have already been name-dropped (Budapest), but we need to do the planning and such for all of that. If no big trips come to fruition from that, I am going to plan some to do on my own (Scotland and Wales, maybe?) or invite some of the new students when they arrive in March.
The first 5 months here were so meticulously planned that it is kind of weird for me to not have many solids plans for the time being. My current to do list consists of going to the gym, class, and meal-prepping for dinners. Not the most exciting. Even my brother’s visit and my trip with my mom are only loosely planned (which is admittedly causing me some anxiety but I know it will come together just fine eventually). My future has a bright big “To Be Determined” sign on it right now and it is a new experience for me. I love plans. LOVE them. I do not know if anyone I know would say I am great at “going with the flow”. I can change and adapt within situations, but there are always still some sort of guidelines or back-up plans. I know, I know. I’m Type A. Oh well.
But anywayyyyy, this is going to be such a new time for me and a new experience. I took one of those stupid online quizzes that was like “How is your 2019 going to go?” And the result? It said “Bumpy.” BUMPY! What does that even mean?? Apparently, according to the oh so wise internet test, how I handle this year is going to affect the next 5 years of my life. That slightly intimidating answer aside, I actually am going to try to use this for part of my journey and growth. If 2019 is going to bumpy, then at least I know I am going to be challenged and I am going to grow. I am not going to back down and I am going to try to start every day with grace and gratitude. And I am going to looks those bumps right in their faces and raise my hands in the air for the fun roller coaster they are a part of.
My 2019 may be bumpy and everything may be vague and weird right now. I, unfortunately, was not gifted with prophecy so I truly do not know if that will be true. But I am going to bask in it. Revel in it. SUCCEED in it. 2019 is “To Be Determined”, but I am so ready. Here I come.
Travels in Germany 