Throughout Winter Break I developed quite an odd sleep schedule, so being wide awake at 2 in the morning is actually the norm for me, not just due to restlessness for the amazing trip only hours ahead of us.
Anticipating NOLA has built up so much excitement and wonder for me. I've never been to Louisiana, or Alabama, or South Carolina, or so many of the amazing places we'll see. I remember seeing Katrina's devastation on television as a child and reading about the horrors so many people faced in its aftermath. I feel privileged to know that I will soon have the opportunity to serve the relief effort for a community with yet so many unmet needs, to meet people who bore those struggles, to learn their stories and share in the culture and spirit of the city.
There's a great spirit to travels and journeys, well-documented in literature, film etc., and this is perhaps my first real, significant... adventure of the like. I can't wait, and I'm beyond excited to share it with my fellow Bonners.
See you all later today.
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