Novel Journey

So, the journey is two days away… time sure is creeping up on us. At this point I’m more ready to be done with all the bullshit preparation, and move on to the excitement of the journey. Alas, that won’t happen until we land in Quito, two backpackers in a foreign land… trying to figure out how to arrive at an accomodating hostel. Ohh… they days of nothing to worry about but where to sleep, eat, and have fun… It’s been a while! I welcome them back, now, with outstreched arms.

But don’t be too hasty Master Took- all in it’s due time. First we must finish what we started here, and do our damndest to do it right! Thursday it’s back to work, and Friday we move all the heavy and delicate stuff. And I’ve got to load up the GPS with some coordinates of cool places before we depart. Got to get my shit together, mayne!

Tada for now. Next correspondence, and we’ll probably be in Ecuador. Wish us luck!

We have purchased our tickets to South America!!  Finally, the commitment is made- the journey is now irreversibly underway.  It’s strange how those feelings of anxiety and fear seemed to somehow dissolve once we clicked the ‘Purchase Tickets’ button.  The Unknown is what restrained  my energy in a cage in the pit of my stomach.  The Committment allowed it to open.  Or switching from fearing change to accepting change.  Once you’ve accepted it and you begin taking the steps that lead you down that new path, you might find that walking the path was a whole lot less stressful than anticipating it.  Well, I hope, anyway…

But we shall find out.  And even if this journey become one of the most painful experiences of my life, it is necessary.  I’ve known this day was to come years ago, and I never doubted that I needed to do this.  The only question was when.  And now we know.

Now the journey can begin.