the month ahead

Here's what's coming down the pipe.

Today I went to my uncle's house in New Jersey to eat Korean food and pay my respects to the ancestors. Tomorrow, I'm getting my wisdom teeth removed. The aftermath of this will involve lots of Netflix and painkillers. I will also be packing for my week-long trip to the Dominican Republic through that drug-induced haze. I leave on Saturday, January 7 and then I'll be doing our public health project.

I get back from the Caribbean, and it's my little brother's birthday. Then I have to get my visa for India (which will probably involve camping out at the Indian consulate in New York City) and pack for the next three and a half months and say good-bye to people. On Monday, January 23, I head out into the big, bad world and go to Israel. Then I'm chilling with the boyfriend for a week. I fly out of Tel Aviv on the 23rd, to be followed by a ten-hour layover in Milan, Italy. Another long plane ride and I'll finally be in New Delhi.

And it's all coming so soon! I don't know exactly what's going to happen or what to expect, but I do know I'm going to be racking up a lot of airline miles over the next month.

Let the countdown officially begin!