My goodbyes have been strung out over the last two months, and now it is really time to go. Thanks to friends and family who have been involved in our trip preparations (including lots of prayers ) and with whom we have had sweet farewells. I have so much to look forward to with our travels, but am lucky to have so many wonderful family and friends to come home to when Matt and I return. Some things I’ll remember when I think of you: playing Guesstures and Catch Phrase, BBQs on Sunday afternoon, Wednesday nights, office frisbee, Trigo adventures, and playing horse (even though I kept losing). Mahalo and see you later!
Like Joylani wrote, much thanks to everyone who’s helped us prepare for this trip. Although its the most talked about topic in my conversations with people, I don’t think I’m fully “there” yet. Its unreal. Its hard for me to believe we’re actually leaving. I only talk about it a lot because people ask about it. We’ve been super busy the past couple weeks, but that preparation hasn’t translated into mental readiness. Sometimes, I think that’s a good thing as anticipation leads to expectations, which can get in the way of true experience. This is fairly typical of me as I don’t really think a lot about big trips until I’m in the air, which would be tomorrow morning. In short, I can’t believe we’re leaving tomorrow.