It Begins Tomorrow

Tomorrow afternoon I leave to begin my adventure in Argentina. I think it's finally starting to sink in that I'm really doing it. Surprisingly, I'm not really very nervous about this whole thing, even though I know that I'm going to be out of my comfort zone a lot, especially in the next couple of months.

And that brings up a question I'd like to answer: Why am I doing this anyway? First off, I've always wanted to live in another country and learn another language. These are just a couple of my "life goals", things I want to do before I die. That's a big part of the reason that I'm doing this. As to why I'm doing to now, well, maybe some of you can relate to this: I've been feeling that I'm getting a little too confortable in life and that it's time to shake things up a bit, so I'm doing something that will force me out of my comfort zone. I'll be meeting new people daily, something that will definitely stretch me. Plus, I'm still self conscious enough about using my Spanish, and I'll be dealing with that every day as well. I imagine I'll get over that quickly, though.

By the way, even though I'm still kind of self conscious about it, my Spanish is actually pretty good. I can read it at about half of my English reading speed with good comprehension, though every few sentences a I come across a word I don't know, leaving a hole in my understanding. I'm less comfortable speaking and listening to others, but I do okay. However, I'm guessing that I'm going to be frustrated often at not being able to express myself well for the first couple of months. Hopefully after that I'll have that experience less and less.

It's going to be quite an adventure!