It is the Monday before finals start here at Emory & Henry College, and everyone knows it. The library is packed, the computer labs are packed, and yet, I am not--packed for the trip, that is. I haven't really thought much about packing yet, but having just made the realization that I am two--yes, TWO--weeks away from physically being in Costa Rica, I am starting to think about it a little more, along with the other million things on my "It's the End of the Year--Time to Get Your Life Together" To-Do List.
How do I even pack for a trip like this? I am not really asking this in the literal sense; I know to pack clothes, toiletries, extra photocopies of my passport, peanut butter, my laptop charger, my pillow, a lot of chapstick, more peanut butter. Instead, I am asking how I should prepare mentally and emotionally for everything I will experience while abroad in Copey, Costa Rica. For those of you who don't
How do I even pack for a trip like this? I am not really asking this in the literal sense; I know to pack clothes, toiletries, extra photocopies of my passport, peanut butter, my laptop charger, my pillow, a lot of chapstick, more peanut butter. Instead, I am asking how I should prepare mentally and emotionally for everything I will experience while abroad in Copey, Costa Rica. For those of you who don't