One Year Later

I realized at the beginning of this week that it marks the one-year anniversary of when I bravely got onto a plane and headed out of the country for the first time towards Egypt. It’s slightly symbolic considering an event happened this week that I’m hoping will change my current situation (about that more in another posting).

Time really does go by quickly. It’s absolutely amazing. I feel as if I’ve changed since then in a variety of ways. For one, my second largest network of people on Facebook is Egypt; which is interesting considering how many people I’ve actually meet while there vs. who claims Egypt as there network but it’s whatever.

It’s quite sad how much I miss being there. The atmosphere, the people and all the friends I made. And it doesn’t help that on a daily basis I’m constantly reminded of my time there b/c I’m job hunting and I continuously answer questions regarding my experiences during my traineeship.

What I think is funny is how priorities change and things/people you once thought you couldn’t live without aren’t viewed in the same light. A lot was tested of me in this past year; some I passed and some failed. I’m in a totally new and unfamiliar part of my life, one in which I’m not completely comfortable with but I know it will make me stronger. It’s a constant evaluation.

But as I told one of my best friends, this is a year of transition. Last was all about the big accomplishments. This year is about finding out what I want for the near future and getting everything in place. Next year will be finding myself again and getting back to a place I can be happy with (inshAllah).

For now, I’m just trying to be strong and make it through these next few months. It’s hard without the daily support system I used to have – four years is a long time to have support system in place to have it just ripped away from you. But thank goodness for gtalk otherwise things would be a hell of a lot worse!

I kinda forgot how therapeutic this was…I guess I’ll be doing this more often.