Things are good

Finally we are here, in Mexico! Things are going well and I think T and I are starting to learn how to live slower..even if we have a lot of work to do by mid-June. We did get that design job I had mentioned and after a bit of a delay, it is now full-force. I think we are both a little concerned that the deadline will come too quickly we are focussing on just putting our heads down and getting it done so we can continue our travels (with pockets a little fuller).

I am busy writing for a blog as well. It is a little harder for me which is partly due to that fact that A) I have not really been back to writing in ages B) in uni all I wrote were scientific labs (ugh) so my creative stream is a little lacking these days. But I believe I am improving and like they always say 'practice makes perfect' but I will settle for 'better' right now.

Mexico is awesome. People are friendly and the beaches are beautiful. I have only been out surfing once (and when I say surfing, I mean trying to surf) as T and I both got hit with a rather mean cold. But we are planning to try and get out a couple of times a week now that we are both feeling better and our project is moving.

Things are good.

the count down is on

so here is the scoop we are planning to drive from canada to the tip of south america stopping where we choose along the way. i know...yes we may be crazy. travelling to central and south america was my idea but the driving part was all t's, so there..he can't try to push this insanity onto me. the plan is to leave mid-january which is good timing because it should be about -40 here (for real).
since arriving home about 4 years ago i have been itching to leave again. don't get me wrong i love my hometown but i just feel there is so much out there to see and learn about that i would be cheating myself if i did not step into the unknown again. and one of my biggest fears is waking up at the ripe old age of 80 and realizing that i should have gone for it instead of spending my life being too chicken to risk it. that being said sometimes i wonder if it is a good plan career-wise to leave at the young age of 26. it does mean a whole swack of resume issues...but i am going to have faith that i will either be able to find work down there or that my next interview will be with an avid traveller who will hire me and pay me $80k a year because i am so well-travelled. ha ha ha i make myself laugh i really do.
so there it is...the countdown is on 4 months to go.

freaking exciting!

things freaking me out....

• it is September...we leave in January
• our apartment has somehow accumulated waaaaaay more stuff than expected in the last 4 years
• we have to clean out and pack up our stuff (see above) and store it...somewhere
• what am i doing with my life (this is a constant thing to stress out so no reason why it shouldn't make it onto this list)
• how am i going to pack up my beloved clothes and shoes and live out of a backpack again (yeah yeah whatever i can't help it)
• will our little beloved VW (a.k.a Marlin) be up for the driving challenge
• how are we going to get around Columbia???

but i am excited about

• hitting the road
• learning to speak spanish more fluently (please please please)
• beaches to hang out on
• learning to surf..i have to before we move to NZ otherwise i won't be able to keep up with the boys
• my amazing camera that is going to capture this adventure
• getting to see another part of the world with t, this time as a couple (yeah whole other story..perhaps one day i will blog about that)
• the potential to maybe work abroad again
• seeing the world from another point of view
• saying "see ya" to the oil and gas madness that has taken over this province
• meeting new people and cultures
• that feeling of not knowing what you are going to do that day