the great escape

Ear Candy: "Drain the Blood" by The Distillers

So Cheryl and I are escaping this summer. I am so ready for the change. We are leaving the 1st of June, and going to Europe, and Asia, and the Middle East, and all over for three months. She is continuing on after I leave, and I wish I could give into wanderlust forever, but I have to go to big kid college in the fall. I'm not getting any younger.

We are getting shots and passports this week. I am going to dye my hair dark again so that I am not obviously as obviously an American tourist woman standing out in hostile territories. We are going to travel as a part of the courier service. We are going to couch surf, and camp, and work on organic farms. We are going to hike, and climb, and explore. We are going to swim, and get lost, and eat weird food, and I have never been more scared or excited in my entire life. And when I get back, I am going to move into a new home in a new city and start a new life. Probably with a new tattoo.

It is weird when the things that you always thought you wanted end up being the exact opposite.

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