Leaving for Amman

When June 11^th finally arrived, I was anything but excited. For some reason anxiety took over and all I could do was stress. Granted, I did only have 24 hours to pack and get ready to leave the country due to being a bridesmaid in a Wedding on Saturday. On Sunday I woke up completely exhausted and maybe a little hung over at 7 am to drive to Columbus from Lexington. When I got to Ohio I went over to my Grandmas for some AMAZING food including her famous ribs, which were more than worth the 7am wake up time. The rest of the day was filled with stress, stress, and more stress of packing and getting everything ready. Finally I settled in to watch Teen Wolf (Don’t judge me its good), with my brother and bff Sarah. When I woke up Monday morning I was still stressed, and kept feeling like I was forgetting something. In order to deal with the stress, I ate a lot of food. For my least meal I ate a chipotle burrito bowl, potato salad, oh and another one of Granny’s ribs. After stuffing my face, it was time to go to the airport.

International travel is always and experience, it is inevitable that by the time you land you are disoriented, tired, and feeling anything but clean. To add to it I had told Gwen the wrong pick up time, my flight landed at 1:30 and I told her 6:30. Even after we both had looked at the itinerary somehow we both thought it was at 6:30. I only realized it was the wrong time when I was on the plane to Jordan. At this point I also realized I don’t have her phone number, my only hope is that the Amman airport had free wifi and that she was on facebook when I landed. Of course when I landed there was no wifi, so with no idea what to do I went to go get my bags. On the way there I had to go through customs, and of course the security asked for my Facebook address, so that we could hang out while I was in Amman, totally normal. Since he was holding my passport at the time I told him it was the same as the name. Then quickly moved to get my bags and attempted to exit the airport, which took a few tries because I did not understand the point that they have to screen your bags before you enter the country. Finally, I got it and was able to leave the airport. AND THANK GOD Gwen was standing outside with her friend Amir to pick me up. She had been smart enough to check the itinerary again and realize that I got in at 1:30. As soon as I stepped outside all my anxiety went away, I was in Amman, Jordan and couldn’t be more excited.