Well I had another of my patented sleepless nights last night. I was prescribed Ambien two days ago and it worked well the night before, but I decided not to take it last night.
Here's how I'm coping with the disappointment: I'm going to Istanbul. ...and Italy.
I booked airfare to from home to Rome, and then, a week later, flying from Rome to Istanbul. Right smack at the beginning of 2012, I leave Minneapolis on New Year's Day.
I oughtta be thrilled. I seem to be going through odd grief over the sudden death of my study abroad plans. I actually felt like I got over it pretty quick after the initial hour or two of heartbreak. I started looking forward to the other opportunities that will now be open to me without this study abroad in place: First, all the money I was going to tap for the study abroad. It's freed up. Mostly I'll be saving it to keep living while I focus on school, but I'm tapping into a little of it for the new trip abroad. The entire airfare was just over $1300, though. I really should be celebrating naked in the streets. That's the total cost to fly from here to Rome, Rome to Istanbul, and then back home. Hostels are also awful cheap so lodging won't bruise me too bad, either.
I also bought two tickets to Les Miserables here in Minneapolis for my fiance and myself.
Anyway, even though I just booked the Italy/Istanbul trip less than an hour ago, I'm not overwhelmed with excitement. It's probably the sleepless night. The pressure of the current semester of school is still on. The weather's starting to turn cold. I'm sure there is plenty of lingering disappointment over the thwarted study abroad plans. I think a big thing is that I'll be taking this trip alone, and I don't speak Italian or Turkish so I suppose I'm a little anxious about how well I'll get around when I'm over there. That is probably the big thing. I'm going, though. It's Europe, not Nanking.
I'll be fulfilling a lifelong dream in visiting Italy.
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