You Know You’ve Been on
the World Race for 10 Months When. . .
- a roach scurries across the sink as you’re brushing your teeth and you do nothing about it
- you accidentally hand the cashier some coins of the wrong currency, because they’re still in your wallet
- you’re asked to plan a 3-hour craft session with only a few hours notice and no supplies, and it manages to go off beautifully
- you start RSVPing to Facebook events because you’re actually going to be there!!
- you’ve watched every movie on your computer and the computers of all your squadmates
- your team celebrates the one-year anniversary of your first day at Training Camp (oh, if you only knew then what you know now. . . j/k)
- you accidentally say “thank you” in the wrong language
- you wake up on the floor of a Subway restaurant in an airport in Singapore in a moldy sleeping bag with your wallet and passport in the bag with you (that would have been me this past Sunday)
- you cut your toothpaste tube open and scrape out every last ounce, because you just know it’s going to make it three more weeks
- you start planning your activities and meals for your first week home (well, maybe this started around Month 6, but it still counts)
- you can get away with wearing your shower shoes to a formal dinner, or you just stopped caring
- you spend 20 minutes in a 7-Eleven just for the AC
- You pull a shirt out of your pack. It has mold on it. You splash some water on it and continue your day.
- you reach over to the table next to you at a restaurant and take the half-eaten plate of lasagna the last patrons left behind (what? That was ITALIAN food!)
And the number one way you know you’ve been on the World Race for 10 months is . . .
when you read the blog of a brand new Racer at Training Camp, and you tear up a little and think, If only I could go back and do this whole crazy adventure all over again!! (And if you’re curious, read here.)
21 days!!
Okay, it’s not all about bugs and sweating and snoring teammates.
There’s some really cool stuff, too.
(Pic taken at Litchfield National Park – Darwin, Australia)
