Going on this World Race trip is seriously all that’s on my mind. You know what makes it better though is my best friend Jordynn signed up for the same route as I did. This should get interesting… I am so excited I don’t think there is a word that comes close to how anxious, nervous and ecstatic I am all in one. I have been trying to raise money, but I am hitting a lot of dead ends. I still have a lot of hope and faith we can make this happen!

Today I was thinking to myself HOLY MOLY am I going to be able to carry a 70lb backpack on my back, around the world… My jaw dropped. I need to get to a gym fast and stop eating Klondike bars and starbursts at night (I’m sure I will really miss those things oversees) I think what will be the hardest thing to do is stop drinking diet coke. That is my go-to! Half the clothes in my closet stopped fitting me at one point or another. I have no idea why I have saved them for so long in hopes to get back in to the once fashionable but probably not anymore. IDEA! Garage sale… I’m sure between me and my best friend we can have a pretty good clothes/garage sale.

Well I’m glad you got to witness me have some sort of an epiphany there.

There have been so many thoughts running through my head in the last few weeks it’s almost like life is going in slow motion. I was really angry with myself yesterday. I let all this negative energy in. I wound up going for a walk in a park by my house, it helped a little bit. I didn’t really feel better until I had a heartwarming talk with Jordynn. There are nothing like childhood best friends! We both have doubts and that made me feel a little better. I am all about this journey, 110% about it! Once I grasp an idea and run with it there is no looking back. I’m thinking to myself, am I going to be a missionary for life? Will I want to join the peace corps after this trip too? Am I ‘crazy’ for doing this? On the flip side I am like am I going to hate being in a third world country, basically sleeping on the floor. No Air conditioning for months on end. Rodents, spiders, sticky and hot, or freezing my butt off, I pray that I can handle that in a third world country. Last night, Jordynn spotted a HUGE frog on the floor, she was terrified. I was laughing so hard! I tried to get it out and of course it disappeared into the abyss. We kept saying “It’s watching” or “I bet it will jump on us during the night”. Basically, I saw the frog this morning covered in dust, I put him back outside using two old magazines. There’s still a lot of time to get my mind right for this trek around the world, but, it’s coming up quick.