Phew! It’s almost midnight and it’s been a hectic day! I have 6/5 days until I leave and I have yet to pack!
My day started off with a decision to take a two-hour train from Orange County to San Diego to show my best friend Tabitha my support as she competed for the Miss San Diego title. I wish she had won because she was the prettiest one there, but it didn’t work that way. The good thing is I am going to spend time with her and I am heading back on Tuesday.
So what does this have to do with anything? Well, I could have just gone to San Diego to see Tabitha at her pageant and headed straight home, but I guess I chose to prolong my trip for two days because I am procrastinating this whole packing ordeal.
I am nervous and excited about this trip. This will be the first time ever I will be away from my family for an extended period of time. While I live on-campus, USC is only 30 minutes away from my parents’ home in Orange County and I know that if I ever want to see them because I got homesick, I can. This gives me an added sense of comfort and self-assurance and that is probably why I rarely get homesick.
Don’t get me wrong – I’ve been waiting for this trip since I was accepted into USC. However, trying to consolidate five months into one suitcase made me truly reflect on what I need for this trip: warm clothes, warm clothes and more warm clothes. Not my cute shoes, or my cute shirt or the cute jeans I love to wear. Just warm clothes. More than anything, though, what I need is that sense of self-assurance and self-comfort that I will be fine if I get homesick. I couldn’t pack that if I could take 50 suitcases…
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