Tomorrow I will be heading off early to begin the journey - three days to get to St-Jean-Pied-de-Port, but I feel like the Camino really starts when I head out the door at 4.30 am tomorrow. I always hate leaving home - really primal sort of anxiety about leaving every one and every thing I love behind, and I have a good case of pre trip jitters. Feels like the day before the first day at new school - have I got the right sort of lunch box, will the other kids be mean to me, what the heck is going to happen? I know from experience this will pass - whatever I am anxious about, the reality will be totally different, infinitely richer and more varied than anything I can imagine. And usually once I get going things fall into place.
My final pack weight is 7.8 kilos which is reasonable - a bit over the magic 10%. I nearly forgot my shell and my stone - probably the only two things I couldn't easily replace. Thank heavens, today Anne put her silver shell earrings - which we bought in Villafranca last time - in honour of my departure, and seeing the shells reminded me.
Anyway, Ultreya to me!
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