After a few days of transitioning and trying to get my bearings on things, I started to really process that I have moved to China. Half the time I still feel like I am on vacation, and luckily I've been given an adaptable Spirit in regards to settling down into a home quickly, however, there are still times when the pain of missing your family/friends is like a wave sucking you under.
One day here, I woke up sad. I'm not talking boohoo I scraped my toe. More like, "what the heck did you do? Why aren't you near anything familiar? Why did you leave everyone? Did you just make the biggest mistake of your life?" and then a deep aching abyss settled in my heart. I, of course, shoved those emotions down and went to work like everything was normal, but when people asked how I was, I couldn't lie. What was so refreshing was that so many people came around me and encouraged me that it was normal and that they too had been through the same transition. I am grateful to work in the community that I work and to be surrounded by people who believe the same as myself.
I have to say that I am beyond grateful for technology at this point. I've missed the voices of my friends and family and it has been nice being about to Facetime, call, and audio text because of all the new apps out there. In fact, I just downloaded one that allows me to take a picture of chinese characters around me and it will translate it. Seriously, how cool is technology. It definitely makes distance seem a bit closer.
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