July 28th, 2022
July 28, 2022
Not really sure what to call ‘today’. Should I call it the last day? The final 24 hours? T-24? These all sound so ‘end of days’. What today really feels like is the start of something amazing, not an end to anything. I have had an unbelievable 11 months, that was unexpected, but really was the journey of a lifetime and like a gateway experience for what is about to come. Having the chance to visit and experience 48 of the 50 states in the last year is a bucket list item for many people. I am not a fan of the phrase ‘bucket list’ per se as it seems ‘finals days’ to me too, but I guess that is what it could be referred to as. That is a beautiful story for another day, I do regret not blogging the last year, but who knows, if I find myself with extra time, I could try to go back and record at least parts of that experience.
I think that this new era of blogging, might be less about the pics and the movement around a country, and way more personally reflective. Who knows really, but I will try to keep it light and funny with lots of pictures, as that is wayyyy more entertaining of course. With that in mind, I also want to make sure I record what this is really like for me. I have wanted this for so long, (a 5 year plan became a 7 year plan). As always this is probably the best way to keep track of roughly where I am, although for the first three months I will primarily be stationed in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, teaching grade 2. Maybe on weekends, I will get out and adventure a bit and the last week of September will be my first break, so might do something more adventurous that week, but Monday-Friday I will be dusting off my skills and going back to shaping young minds 🙂 (My true calling). I have to BE THERE every day by 7am….which is undoubtedly going to be the biggest challenge I will face in the coming days. That and surviving the stress of transiting Nichol to Cambodia. That is a whole ‘nuther story…..for another day…..I will come back and get that in here though as it is a fascinating process. By then I will hopefully have a happy ending to the dawg transit story!! Send your best loving vibes for both of us as we navigate…..
I leave tomorrow, July 29th at 1pm PST. I have a 12 hour flight to Seoul, South Korea with a three hour layover and then another five hour flight to Phnom Penh. My friend Landon will be picking me up Saturday July 30th at 11:10pm local time (plus some unknown number of hours of immigration and animal import nonsense). I will be tired and jet lagged but hopefully no longer stressed…I do have ALL SUNDAY (hahahahaha) to settle in and be up bright and early for school Monday morning.
Next time we talk, I will have a whole new outlook on so much.
TTFN
Laurie
