away we go!

there's no turning back now! : )

i feel good about what i will be bringing with me although i think k & i will still be up all night thinking through what we have & what we might be missing.



yoga class this morning helped us all & i am so thankful to have found that sense of calm in the middle of this packing storm.



my other favorite part of this day was k & my hug fest. all along k has not shown the same sort excitement as i have. . . that is until today. she can't stop smiling & neither can i! every time we pass each other we look at each other & say - "hey, we're going to europe. . . TOMORROW!"


as i was packing away my bathing suit, i looked down & thought - the next time i'll be wearing this, we'll be at the Mediterranean! it was terribly thrilling & motivating?



money is still a little overwhelming, but then again when is it not? everyone has been remarkably encouraging & comforting, so i know that it WILL all work out in the end. we will survive! k has said that the Lord's prayer will certainly have a new meaning for us - "give us this day our daily bread."



before i sign off. . . i want to share our inspiration for our whole trip.

from a rolling stone

to pitch my tent with no prosy plan,

to range and to change at will;

to mock at the mastership of man,

to see adventure's thrill.

carefree to be, as a bird that sings;

to go my own sweet way;

to reck not all what may befall,

but to live and to love each day.

to scorn all strife, and to view all life

with the cautious eyes of a child;

from the plangent of sea of the prairie,

from the slum to the heart of the wild.

from the red-rimmed star to the speck of sand,

from the vast to the greatly small;

for i know that the whole for good is planned,

and i want to see it all.

- robert service

please keep us in your thoughts & prayers!

p.s. we still do not have a place to stay our first day. . . it shall be an adventure & i cannot wait to see where it takes us.

love,

g.