Over or Under whelmed?

   Months, weeks, now only days separate me from my departure for my YAV journey. And I cannot articulate exactly how I feel. Quite frankly part of me thinks I should be absolutely freaking out (which I might be), and the other part has not made the connection yet that I am leaving in three short days!

  Regardless the passage of time is something I will never fathom and we are all victims of it. But with time comes change, growth, and adventure. So time is both a friend and an enemy, but I am leaning more towards friend than foe.

  And to help make these next three days go by even faster, I have a member of my Philippines YAV family here. Oh the trouble we cause wherever we go, the sign of a lifelong friend though =)

We're weird and we don't care!

The Turn of 20

    Recently I had a birthday and turned the big 2 - 0, now I know most of you are thinking it has no significance, I cannot even legally drink (in the U.S) so what's the big deal, right? Well, I have survived two decades, am no longer a teenager, and not too mention I feel an immense pressure to have my life figured out, and planned to the tee. Instead,  I am leaving family and friends behind to move around the world for a better part of a year. And I am okay with that, at least I have to be okay with that since there is no turning back now, only eight more days to go!! I have now turned my thinking about packing, in to physically moving items around in piles, so almost there– but not quite. 

 Amidst all the packing, planning and more planning I am needing to remind myself what it is all for, and that it is bigger than you or me. 

Philippines YAV family =)