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.<\/p>\n
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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 :)\u00c2\u00a0 (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…..<\/p>\n
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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.<\/p>\n
Next time we talk, I will have a whole new outlook on so much.<\/p>\n
TTFN<\/p>\n
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Laurie<\/p>\n
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