Anticipation

Here I sit. A mere 8 hours before my plane takes off. I'm packed. I've gone over my checklist. I have everything printed out. I think I'm ready to go. Packing and having everything ready definitely made the trip more real. But I still can't say that I'm excited to go. It's not that I'm NOT excited. That's not the case at all. I'm just not as thrilled and raring to go as I thought I would. What's wrong with me? This is a trip of a lifetime, something I've been waiting for years to do. Am I putting too much pressure on myself? Am I expecting too much from this trip? I hope, and I believe, that things will be much different when I arrive. Perhaps it's just that I've been too distracted with past recent travels, work, and prepping for this trip. Only time will tell. Until then...here I sit.