Abby O'Reilly

As soon as I laid in the hammock this morning I almost resolved to tears, when I closed my eyes to fight for control I found myself once again writing prayers of surrender in my journal. The same … Read more about instant oatmeal & a wingless plane

As soon as I laid in the hammock this morning I almost resolved to tears, when I closed my eyes to fight for control I found myself once again writing prayers of surrender in my journal. The same … Read more about instant oatmeal & a wingless plane

A week ago we had debrief outside of Nairobi Kenya as we pulled away at 5 am, for our supposed 12 hour bus ride, I felt more exhausted than I had in months.(turned out to be 24 drive after a visit to … Read more about filled by exhaustion? huh?

Kenya has been a month full of memories and adventures, too sweet for words. Here is a little bit of what I have experienced.Here was my amazing house: equipt with beds, nightly chats by the fire, and … Read more about capturing kenya

This month I decided that I wanted to "fall of the face of the earth" not my family, best friends, or boyfriend's favorite phrase of the race, seeing as in most ways I am already doing … Read more about free fallin’

1864 Ireland.   That is where my team has deemed that we are located this month after we pulled up to a four bedroom stone cottage, surrounded by green hedges, were served hot tea made with … Read more about welcome to 1864 Ireland