Dreaming of the Journey

With a few new clothes purchased, a plane ticket, and my eyes transfixed upon the book 'The Elements of Journalism' the apprehension of entering a new place is slowly settling in. With every minute, and almost every hour of each passing day I dream of the days I will spend studying abroad in Washington DC.
Earlier today I found myself giddy with the news that I had landed an internship at The Baptist Press. After praying and deeply considering it for a few hours, I called my contact there to excitedly confirm my internship position. After flip-flopping online between Gmail, the Baptist Press website, Facebook, and the newly updated FAQs sent from WJC, I found myself a little tired and mostly worried.

The FAQ page was especially troubling.

Bus or Metro?
 My fear of public transportation grew a little, and then almost exploded when the first question on the FAQ website was about deciding what type of transportation to take when in DC. While reading, I visualized myself standing in some type of dark and grimy subway station in a parka, alone, confused and with no sense of direction. Although my fear of public transport was rapidly expanding, this was only one of several things that I found may be problematic.

 Time is Fleeting
 With the mantras; 'live it up while you can', 'get to know the city', and or the newly famous 'YOLO' hovering over my idea of travel to DC, I'm afraid I wont have time to do all that I can. Time can robs us of experiencing things fully, and or being in the moment of visiting a museum, draping your eyes upon a new piece of art and or standing in awe before a monument. I worry that I will not have enough time to do these things fully. The desire to do well at my internship, in class, and getting to know the city have seemed to blend together, making my visions of good time management more and more fuzzy.

The Valley of Hunger
I knew beforehand that while in DC I would be responsible for my own food preparation. Yet when I think of myself cooking I find myself filled with either visions of mountains of fatty fast food, or small hills of cereal, coffee, crackers, and PB&J sandwiches.

Fashion Forward
What in the world is business casual? I am the type of person who loves to shop, yet only seriously goes shopping about twice a year. Knowing that I need to compile a slightly more professional/fashionable wardrobe worries me. I don't really consider myself fashionable, yet I constantly find myself among very fashionable people who are blessed enough to shop whenever they want, and knowledgeable enough about fashion to buy whatever they want. Hopefully my newly purchased suits, and casual separates are enough to carry me through this journey in an at least slightly fashionable manner.

Fly
 Flying.Now...now...now... I'm excited to go, yet constantly nervous about flying... I claim that this trip will be safe, and without complications. Good thing that on my journey to Washington DC there is a stop in Chicago, and each flight is only about two hours each.

 Abba
Although these things seem as I said; worrisome, troubling, or problematic to me, I am fully trusting that God will carry me through. I know that I will be there to learn and learn a lot quickly. Whenever I feel homesick, confused, scared or even hungry, I know that God is there to listen and always has my best interest in mind. So please if you are reading this pray and continue to pray for my journey to and from Washington DC.

 Blessings,
 -Tonika