Headed to Thailand in 10 days.
I'm nervous and frightened of what I'm about to do. What I'm about to do seems like it's bordering on stupidity. But I shouldn't say things like that. To become a citizen of the world, you have to leave your borders don't you? I'm leaving them for the first time and going to a place on the other side of the world.

I think of my best friend Evan who had this same issue last year when he went to Rome, Italy. We went back and forth over the importance of his trip. He wanted to go or else he wouldn't have signed up for it, but he was skittish. Which is understandable, he's got issues with air travel. But he went to Rome and it was greatest experience of his life. He still talks about it and occasionally longs for the anonymity of daily of life in Rome.

I think I'm ready; I'm just skittish and that's okay.

Still, 10 days.

Getting my toiletries together, gettin floss and band-aids, hairspray and toothpaste. I'm not going to be caught unawares if I can help it.

peace and much love