It’s officially December. We had our annual December 1st ice storm yesterday, and now its time for final trip preparations. When I think about all that’s going down this month, I get seriously overwhelmed:
- Brian has to finish his Master’s thesis.
- Brian graduates.
- We have to move out of our apartment in less than 2 weeks.
- Brian has to house-sit for his mom, and start packing the stuff up that he wants shipped to NY in March.
- We have to finish buying all the stuff we need for our trip to Guatemala. (By “we”, I mean “I” since Brian put me in charge of making sure we are both ready to go!)
- We have to finish our X-mas shopping.
- We have to celebrate X-mas with our families.
- We take off for Guatemala early on December 27th!
After that, life just isn’t going to be the same. After 2 months in Guatemala, we come back to Illinois for a week, then make the journey out to New York. Brian will then start working full-time for Bunge, in New York, until they transfer him overseas in the fall. I will stay in New York until March 16th, which is when I take off for Poland, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, and Georgia – a 6+ month journey.
Only 24 days now…
This is where things get exciting! I’ve finally gotten through the ‘do annoying stuff’ stage and now I’m in the ‘start to get excited’ bit. Feels good!
I think your Kyrgyzstan plan is mad. I love it!! Will be very interested to see how your Eastern Europe bit goes.
Happy planning!