The "Plan" - 1st Draft

Once back in Texas I will spend 2 weeks hanging out with my family.  My mom is back home from teaching abroad in Bahrain for the summer. I will enjoy the time I have with her.

The last 2 weeks in August with be spent on a road trip with my dad to some of the National Parks in the Colorado/Wyoming area.  Hopefully we will hit Rocky Mt National, Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, and Arches National at the very least.

I have some time in September to kill. I tossed around the idea of visiting some place in Europe with my friend Matt.  I'm not sure if ill be able to fit it in just yet.  I have purchased a ticket to the Aggie Football game on Sept 22!!! WHOOOOOP!  So that's another thing to work around.

I fly to Nairobi, Kenya on September 27 with two of my very good friends. We have signed up for a 77 day camping/overland tour of 8 countries in Africa.  Included is Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Botswana, Malawi, Zambia, Namibia, and South Africa.  Here is a link to the daily itinerary, http://www.africantrails.co.uk/tour/gorillas-to-cape-town-joburg/itinerary.

After Africa we will hit Southeast Asia!

Leaving

I move out of my Lexington apartment and into a storage building back in Texas next weekend.

It hit me yesterday that I will be leaving the place I have called home for the past 4 years.  The place where I officially transitioned from student to professional, from stranger to friend, where my adventurous spirit finally took over.  I realized, though, that some of the very things I am sad to leave behind are the very things I have to look forward to on my travels. I will leave behind great friends,  but I'm given the opportunity to add to my list of great friends.  I will leave behind my career, but I'm given the opportunity to become a professional me.     I leave behind the comfort of home, but I'm given the opportunity to see that I have many places where I feel at home.