totes magoats the reason for this blog.

i'm gunna get all philosophical-ly for a sec so just bare with me...or just skip to the bottom, ya jerk...

i think that, for many of us, there is a predetermined path that is chosen waaay before we have the right to choose it for ourselves. it's not the blame of our parents, or the blame of anyone for that matter. it's a good path, a really good path. it's just probably not questioned enough on an individual basis. what is it? i think it's the path that tells us to go play nice at daycare, grade school, high school, then college.. our professional career, the dating scene, followed by playing suuuuper nice in marriage so that you can, finally (ahhh!) play nice with your children. the path says, "have a career and babies, nurture them, be selfish when you retire". quite frankly, the path freaks me out. a lot. it's freaked me out since i could remember. i wish i loved the path, and that's not to say that someday (maybe even a very soon day) i won't. all i know is that, for now, i'd like to take the path a little less traveled.

..by now you're probably sick of hearing about "the path". well, guess what? i'm sick of typing "the path" so i promise it will not be a reoccurring theme of this blog..i am rarely philosophical or insightful..

anyhoo, if i've learned anything at all in the past 23 years, it's that very few things are certain. well i do know one thing for certain; i love, LOVE, to travel. so now i finally start the trip/voyage/adventure i have looked forward to since the days of "where in the world is carmen san diego?" (if you don't know the show, google it. it's truly a classic). i'll begin with a 1 month class in the small beach town of samara, costa rica where i will be getting certified to teach english abroad. i'm not quite sure where it will lead me from there.. maybe a year long teaching contract in central or south america? maybe europe? maybe somewhere in asia? we'll see. do i know how to teach? umm no, not really. however, i'm not enough of a hippy to just backpack all over the world without ever actually earning any money so lets hope this teaching stuff works out..

i leave this friday, june 11th. if you'd like to travel with me, please do. i believe the internet's weight limit is much more lenient than most airline's checked baggage requirement so this blog with just have to suffice, for now.