and so my adventure begins...

2/1/10

Well, this is it. I am currently on the plane to Chicago and then off to Delhi. Everything has gone smoothly today unlike yesterday. I was supposed to leave yesterday but my flight was canceled due to plane difficulties. Everything happens for a reason I suppose because it gave me extra time to get my typhoid medication, something I would definitely need in India.

I didn’t cry when I left Seattle. Am I weird? I just feel like I’ve been waiting for this for so long that my mind has already checked out. That and I have no fucking clue what to expect so it’s hard to know how I should feel.

I think I’m doing pretty well with keeping my cool. I feel really confident and comfortable right now and I’m just trying to take it all in. life really is minute by minute, day by day.

The attendant keeps telling me to buckle my seatbelt.. like it’s going to help much in case we crash. What a joke.

This flight is pretty empty and quiet, it’s nice. Smooth sailing…

7:00pm

I just arrived in Chicago and I’m currently waiting in the gate for my plane to Delhi. I am surrounded by Indians already! I just switched seats so I can observe them… hm, quiet people (so far). I wonder if they are thinking what the fuck is this little white girl going to Delhi for. I want to talk to an Indian girl next to me who looks about my age but she has her head phones in and I don’t even know what I would say… so how about those cows?

I’m so shy. That’s one thing I hope to overcome while being in India. It really restricts me in life. I need to branch out more. Strike conversations with random people. You never know who you’re sitting next to…

There is a Sikh couple staring at me. I wonder what they are thinking. I wonder what they were doing in Chicago. I wish I knew everybody’s story.

I hope I’m dressed ok. I’m wearing a white collared shirt, dark jeans, and sandals... I think I’m ok.

The pay phones aren’t working so I can’t call anyone and no one will help me try to figure the phone out. I hope this doesn’t become a common occurrence.

I’m not hungry but I feel like I should eat something before the plane ride. I’m starting to get butterflies…

10:06pm

On the plane to Delhi. Here’s the dinner menu:

Saag paneer with basmati rice

Black bean curry

Chai

…I guess I should start getting used to this.