Regarding Confidence
Yesterday included a bit of sleep-deprived stress, a first flight delay, a bit of confusing / lacking canadian airport signage, a bit of a check-in computer glitch accompanied by a frazzled attendant, a bit of panicked running with my belt in one hand and a handwritten boarding pass in the other, and of course bit of classic fret and worry about decisions I’ve made about this year.
We touched down in Keflavik at 7am local time after watching the sun rise over tiny bits of ice floating in the Atlantic. The first wi-fi spot available was on the bus that drove us 45 minutes up to Reykjavik. Before even leaving the airport I read through maybe 40 Facebook notes from people who wished us well, shared our blog, and told us they would miss us.
A captivating scene of mountains and moss-covered fields of lava rock kept me from replying with more than a quick Icelandic “bless bless” at the time, but now that we’re all snug in our guest house and the first night is winding down, let me tell you how I really feel…
The confidence I had when I first decided to do all this has been affected by the constant and increasing fight between excitement and anxiety. Even right now as I type this the bewilderment that this is actually happening is more tangible than any confidence about this decision. The only thing more bewildering, which happens to also be the only thing I am truly confident about, is that we have been blessed with the best friends in the world.
The past couple weeks have been a marathon of goodbyes and last meals. We have so many friends who have encouraged us from the very beginning. We have friends who’s excitement for us outshines our own. We have friends who drove from neighboring towns and states to hug us one last time. We have friends who showed up at 6 am wednesday morning to see us off. Friends who passed us like a torch from Iowa City to Cedar Falls to Mason City to the Minneapolis airport. Friends who barely knew us when they invited us to live in their home in January, but hugged us goodbye as family. We love you all so much. We don’t have any other words but thank you.
- Tony
Envy had turned me into… HULK SMASH. Typing hard.
(bookmarking… and be safe. Shoot me emails if you think you might be in a place where we can send good peoples! This address is fine, fb will also work.)
Would say to have a GREAT time and just roll with it, but unsurprisingly, it seems as if you’re already on that.
Yeah, what DeeAnn said.
You’ll be seasoned jet-setters before long. (and the rest of us will live our travel-adventure dreams vicariously through you two!).
Iowa hugs and have fun!
That is a great tag line. Life is not perfect. If you stayed in your everyday life there still would have been tense moments and cranky people. Enjoy the ‘ride’! PS…thanks for the pics, they made my day at work.
Have you heard the saying “people surround themselves with people just like them”? Totally true… All of your amazing friends are a reflection of you both, and we are so excited to follow you on this journey! So – The first travel leg is finished, you’ve now experienced some minor snafus and lived to tell about them, and hopefully now you’ve had a good night’s sleep (possibly the first in many days!). Enjoy your time in Iceland and know that we’re anxiously waiting to see where your travels take you next! Love and safe travels!