Pete and I have been talking seriously today about moving abroad to teach English. We do not have an aching need to teach English but rather we have a friend that found a way out of the U.S. by doing this. He is having a ball in Thailand while we are stuck in Grand Rapids, MI twiddling our thumbs unhappy with our environment. So today my fantasy-side really came out. I have been daydreaming, since Pete came home and we spoke more seriously about this adventure, about what would happen if I say yes to taking the leap. It is a serious endeavor but at the same time we have nothing to lose literally.

There are pros and cons, and the logical side of me only sees these as hurdles to overcome. My fantasy side or lacksidazical side is laying on my back stairing at the ceiling with joy and amazement. I cannot seem to get up for fear that I will snap out of this coming to life fantasy that Pete and I are planning. Right this second he is sitting next to me looking at teaching programs abroad. My best friend Shari is at the same place we are at in our lives right now. Feeling stuck. I do not want to obsess about education, jobs and family planning at 22. Pete is 26 and he is in no rush. We may get married and wisk away to our new life together abroad and find fantastic places to explore. These are all great plans but really plans are meant to be warped and changed! This is the fun of life. I have been bored on the couch awaiting my 2-day-a-week nanny job to begin and my last 8 credits of school to start so they can swiftly be done! I want to be going places and so we will. Together. Yet independently grow because this is also something that I am very much in need of. We must change to grow. Oh the places we will go…