As I have stated before, I will be moving to Germany shortly. Right now there is not much going on with that, just waiting to hear about when paperwork needs to be completed so it will be processed and we will be shipped. I did learn that I'm only allowed to have 2 bags and one carry-on. I'm working on finding a computer bag big enough to hold my laptop, as well as a few books cause that's like a 13-hour flight. I look forward to going, but lord help me I do not look forward to being in the air that long. I have no fear of flying, I just don't have the ability to sit still for that long. Got me in trouble a lot in school.....
Anyway, I digress. I recently started talking to a friend from high school, and I mentioned to him that I was moving to Germany. It turns out he is stationed at Aviano Air Base in Italy. He is a 6-8 hour drive, or a one hour flight, from where I will be living. So now we are making plans to hang out once I'm there.
My point of this isn't how cool it is that I'll have a friend when I hit Europe, my point is that of all the places for me to go, and of all the places for one of my friends to be stationed, it is really cool (and just a bit creepy) that they are so close. It almost seems as if it's all a big cosmic joke. "Haha Kiarah. You want to get away from people (although by no means do I want to get away from this friend. We haven't even seen eachother in two years. Graduating from high school kind of sucks...) and I'll throw you in an area where people still know you." I am thankful that I will be able to spend time with this friend; I have missed him these past two years. I am also thankful that I will not be alone four thousand miles from home, with only my roommate to talk to.
I have noticed that life tends to throw curve balls like this when we most need it. I hope I don't have need of a close support system while I am overseas, but I'm glad the universe is setting me up to have one just in case the need arises.
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Lucky dog! Germany has some gorgeous places, and two of my buddies who've moved there have awesome footage from their hiking trips.
ReplyDeleteWe found a great laptop bag at Goodwill for $3.00, and put loads of stuff in it when we went pond-jumping. We lucked up and were able to get on a late red eye flight, so there were a lot of vacant seats, and we could all move around and stretch out a good bit.
Ain't synchronicity fun?
Schweet! I hadn't even thought of looking at Goodwill for a bag. I found one I really like on WalMart.com but they want 40 for it. And I just don't have that much money to spend on a glorified backpack....
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