25 days.

I leave in 25 days.  I made my "To Pack" list already.  I even started packing some of the things on the list.  I am never this far ahead of schedule.  I will probably lose my list within the next week if I am being completely truthful.  I mean I have wanted to clean my room for 3 days now and have yet to start that project.  So why am I so far ahead of schedule and totally NOT procrastinating my packing for Australia?  I guess you could say I am excited.


I will not have too much to say until it is closer to my departure and I will have a LOT to say once I arrive in Melbourne, Australia.  So for now I leave you with a quote from Mark Jenkins:


 “Adventure is a path. Real adventure – self-determined, self-motivated, often risky – forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world. The world the way it is, not the way you imagine it. Your body will collide with the earth and you will bear witness. In this way you will be compelled to grapple with the limitless kindness and bottomless cruelty of humankind – and perhaps realize that you yourself are capable of both. This will change you. Nothing will ever again be black-and-white."