Off to Oaxaca. Nervous and excited simultaneously. Overpacked. Totally excited about being immersed in another culture, another language, another way of expecting life to be while at the same time trying to bring everything I'm used to with me: my blowdryer, jeans, makeup, candy (skittles). I've even considered packing my blanket because it's the perfet blanket. I catch myself just in time. How can I be so excited to go somewhere different while not wanting to be without what I'm used to wanting and having? Habits. Conditioning. Part of me wants to get beyond my comfortable habits and really dive in to life and another part justs really wants to be really comfortable. I'm off to study Spanish at the Instituto Cultural de Oaxaca in Mexico. Soy una estudiante de espanol por un ano y voy
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