"Laptop?"
"Check"
"Charger?"
"Check"
"Toothbrush?"
"Okay mom now you're just stalling so I will miss my flight. I told you, I'm gonna be okay. Right Dad?"
"Right honey; she's gonna be fine." My dad said.
"I know, I know...I just can't believe she's going away for four years." Mom said.
"Mom I'll be back for Christmas," I said laughing. My mom tends to over exaggerate sometimes.
"You coming back for like a month doesn't count---"
"It's two weeks and I---"
"Exactly! Nowadays two weeks is like five days. Time flies by so fast."
I picked up my luggage and gave my mom and dad a hug.
"I agree time flies by too fast," I said looking at my mom. "Which is why I'll be back in no time. Four years is like 520 days and if I'm correct that'd be about a year and a half rounded up correct?"
"Touche," my mom said while picking up one of my bags.
"I'll get it, hun," My dad said.
"I got it I got it," She said while walking out the door.
"I knew my kids being smart would come to bit me back in the a--"
"Assets mom assets," I said cutting her off.
"Whatever"
"Oop and there's my uber. Thanks mom, thanks dad. Extend my goodbyes to my sister will ya? I'll call you when I land." I took my bags and ran to the car. Honestly, if I walked, I would have looked back. I couldn't afford to do that. Not when I was this close to actually boarding the plane.
Going through Boston Airport customs was fairly easy. I got to my boarding station with 10 minutes to spare and boarded the plane to Atlanta, Georgia. Eight years ago if you told me I was going to attend Emory I would have asked you If you knew who I was. I was sure I was going to either Princeton and Harvard. While I did get rejected to Princeton, I got accepted to Harvard. I was sure I was going to Harvard but then schools ip opportunities arose and now I'm on my way to Emory.
As the plane took off; I pulled out my favorite book Sapphire Ice by Hallee Bridgeman. I've been a Christian all my life but it wasn't until high school when I started to actually have a relationship with Christ. People use to say the closer you get to God the more you want to change. I never understood what that meant until a few years ago. No longer did I want any type of relationship or attend any type of event. The more I read the Bible, the more I prayed, the easier it was for me to let go off of certain things.
I exited the plane and went through customs as quickly as possible. Finally, after two hours of torture, I was out of Hartsfield Jackson International Airport. Running out I waited for a cab and well, unfortunately, it didn't stop. Well, that's Atlanta for ya. I stood in the pick-up lane for another 15 minutes before I got an Uber.
"Finally" I breathed. There's always something that someone needs to work on. One of my many things is patience. I'm always rushing to get somewhere even if I'm an hour early. I can't sit and wait for my mother to type a paragraph before typing it myself. Even the toaster toasting bread is too slow for me. I always have it turn it up to the highest degree so it would cut the time in half. I think I can admit patience is not my favorite subject.
Entering the Uber I got in with the brightest smile I could display.
"good afternoon," I said while crossing my legs.
"Hello," the driver said while looking in the mirror.
"How has your day been?" I asked. The last thing I wanted to do was ride home with a stranger in silence. My anxiety could never.
"You're not from around here are you?"
"Why would you say that?" I asked laughing nervously.
"Because all of my customers but you stop at hi."
Okay, so not a talking person? Got it. Or maybe he's just surprised. Or maybe..."My day has been okay. Could have been better but then again it could have been a lot worse." He said.
"That's great...or maybe...yeah I'm not sure what to say."
"How was yours?"
"Hmm let's see I had to pack up and leave my family to start a new chapter so...exciting?"
"Exciting it is then."