Pre Exchange

Getting closer to my exchange! 3 months and 30 days left to go till I fly to Germany! It is getting hard to concentrate on school and what I will do these holidays because I cannot stop thinking about my exchange... seriously it's almost annoying. I know a lot of other exchange students to be are probably going through the stages of pre exchange life and it is really stressful trying to hand in applications and filling out visa forms whilst studying for exams and waiting for our host city/town to be announced but what can you do. Well nothing really but wait, oh and you know study for those exams.

So I have configured a list of my:

 5 STAGES OF PRE EXCHANGE LIFE 

1 || The 'Far out I'm going on exchange' stage. 

This was my initial reaction to finding out I was going on exchange and to be honest it is still in the back of my head and probably will be till I leave for the airport and get on that plane. The excitement was unbearable but unfortunately it doesn't last too long because then stage 2 comes a long.

Stage 1 feels: 

2 || The 'Oh lordy I still have 6 months to wait' stage.

Straight after stage 1 this feeling of wow now what comes to mind. You know you are going on exchange but you have no idea what to do in the mean time! You think it's gonna be okay 6 months really isn't that long I mean in 3 months I'll only have to wait another 3 months again. This basically happened to me straight after I rang up my family to tell them I was going on exchange.

Stage 2 feels:

3 || The 'Maybe I can practice my smile before going' stage.

This is my thinking before going to my first orientation camp with Inbound and Outbound (My group) exchange students. My cheeks hurt so much after that weekend because I could not stop smiling meeting new people and then laughing at stupid exchange student things. Apparently when you are on exchange it doesn't get much better which I completely believe!

Stage 3 feels:

4 || The 'Crap I only have a couple months left with my family ... YES!' stage.

To be honest I am quite excited to take on so much responsibility on exchange but at the same time I have no idea how I will handle it on exchange but that is all part of it, especially dealing with it without your family support. this stage is kind of the stage you may come to terms with how excited you are to have a whole year without your own parents nagging you but at the same time miss everything about them. It is a trap! You want to leave but you don't want to leave them (catch 22).

Stage 4 feels:

5 || The 'OMG I have waited this long and I'm finally going' stage.

This is my last stage, this stage has all your pre exchange emotions bundled up in one, nothing anyone says will prepare you properly for your own unique exchange which is what is so exciting. You are so exhausted waiting for your exchange but it is finally here and you will be so pumped and excited. I know I will be and I'm sure every other kid waiting to go on exchange will be!!!

Stage 5 feels:

So that is basically where I'm at with my exchange and I'm sure some will relate, hopefully I will do another post like this when I'm actually on exchange as well as post exchange.


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