Can you spell O V E R W H E L M E D ????

Well, I just gave this blog address, or however it is referred to, to someone, so now, I suppose, I must write. In addition to journaling, and no, I do not do that every day, and beginning my current inventory, I will blog. There, in that sentence, is overwhelm extravaganza.
I now have a multi-destination ticket for Bangkok-Nepal-Bangladesh-Thailand, and have my locations, in general, planned out through February 18th. Enough for now, let's just concentrate on today.
Today I am going to look at camera's. I want something a bit more advanced than a pocket size Digital, but nothing with many lenses and settings. A beginner camera. I want to learn how to take a shot and then upload it here. I leave for Hilo on Wednesday, and that, I think is a good place to start. Volcano. Beach. Landscape. Flora and Fauna. Ocean.
I am overwhelmed with thoughts of "what I have to do before I go". Packing, tickets, what can I live with for 3 months, what can I NOT live with for 3 months. How much can I carry? I bought a jacket, and a walking stick, and I have an idea of the suitcase/duffle on wheels I will buy. Note to self: Do not go into the REI store without a specific list.
Can you spell Over
                      Whelm?

On the road again.....

Here I am, at the airport in St. Louis. I am on my way to LA. it is the weekend of my birthday. I remember as a small child what that meant. Grandparents, presents, cake, dinner at a "fancy" restaurant. I was the most important person at the table. My mom usually stole the show. She always did. She was just that way. When you were in a room with her, even if she were uncharacteristically quiet, she was the shining star. She changed the focus, and the feel of the room. Some say I am that way. I just don't see it.
Anyway, I am off to Los Angeles. For me, truly the city of angels. I am different when I am there. I can still be sad, not as morose. I am haunted, not as immobilized.
So this is a small adventure.....
The first hard frost came this morning. A whopping 37 degrees when I left the house. I will get a little winter, not much. I do like the changing of the seasons, and the colors are still here.
I can only imagine the amazing colors I will see on my great adventure.

You have to begin somewhere.....

October 20, 2011

I am new to this. The trick for me, is to write as if no one is reading. Then, when I am more comfortable, I can invite people in to share my adventure. 

This is not only about my adventures away from home, this is about my ADVENTURE. My life. How it is changing and what direction it may take me.

This has, for the last 2 years, been the "month before the storm"

In 2009, it was a great month, traveling with my honey, visiting my Dad in Napa,visiting friends in California, celebrating my 51st birthday. I spent it with Jay and my dad in Napa. I got home, went to Kentucky, and then the unbelievable happened. Unexpected, out of the blue, chaos and death. Changed my life forever.

In 2010, I struggled to have some form of normalcy. (What is that? Who were the normal people that put THAT bar in place???) Mid October I went to visit my dad, we had our first real talk about his declining health and how that would effect both of us.Nothing we thought we had to address right away, just good to talk about before we had to. For my 52nd birthday, Jacob, my sponsees and my homies came over and we cleaned house. Most of it outside, and it was the perfect day. They helped me clean what I had watched, literally, go to seed. Then I went to Texas. The Giants won the World Series! A year to the day Jay went into the hospital, my dad called and asked me to come to LA.

Here it is 2011. 

Yesterday, I bought a one way ticket from Oahu to Bangkok. It will be followed by either a round trip ticket Bangkok to Kathmandu, or a multi-trip ticket, Bangkok-Kathmandu-Bangladesh-Bangkok. I am going on a wild adventure. More on that as it comes, right now, I have a ticket....

I leave tomorrow for LA. Just a visit, short, with a party. I hope to learn how to post photos, and well, 

you have to begin somewhere.....