Friday, September 24, 2010
Christchurch
It feels good to be back in New Zealand. Surreal, but good...or maybe that should be "and good." Got my Extreme Cold Weather gear issued today and took a fellow team member to the ocean for the first time in his 29 year life. Funny that his first is the South Pacific vs. the Atlantic a couple hundred miles from his home... Oh, I woke up at 3:30am last night to find out what an aftershock from the 21st floor feels like. That was interesting. Who knew a building so big could sway so much. Christchurch looks like it's been in a fight. Tomorrow I leave for the bottom of the world. Wish me luck.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Round 2
It's been roughly 9 months since I returned home from the last round of travels. It seems like so little has happened in my life relative to a year abroad, but when I look back at what these months have fashioned I realize that I've done and experienced so much hidden in the stealth of subtleties; the difficulty in living a "regular" life. I feel lucky to have caught the beauty there: a sister's PhD, family love, birthdays, climbing adventures, big moves, boardshorts, beer, surf, and a beautiful Florida summer. In retrospect I've accomplished everything I hoped for 9 months ago. Life is beautiful like that... Soon it will be back to travels with a bang as I pack things up for a summer in Antarctica followed by travels in New Zealand, Australia, and beyond. Check back soon.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
LAX
Am I really sitting in LAX right now?
Did I really just watch Tim walk away to catch his flight to Tampa?
Is our trip in NZ, as it was, really over?
Why the hell does it feel like just yesterday we were here going the other way?
I am full of mixed emotions right now. Honestly I really don't know what to write. It's taken me 10 minutes now just to get this far. I keep writing and then erasing, writing and then erasing. I am sad to not be sitting in the country that has been my home for the past year and I'm sad that the time slipped by so fast.
If nothing else I take solace in the fact that my life has changed and the thing that I long for the most has come and will continue to come. I owe everything to the beautiful people I've met along the way who have all shown me something amazing, each in their own way. I can truly say I would be nothing without those that have been a part of my life's adventure. In all humbleness, thank you.
Tim and I had one hell of an adventure and there's still so much to write about. Once I grasp the end of this trip and get some space (mentally and physically) I'll try to elaborate. Check back soon.
Did I really just watch Tim walk away to catch his flight to Tampa?
Is our trip in NZ, as it was, really over?
Why the hell does it feel like just yesterday we were here going the other way?
I am full of mixed emotions right now. Honestly I really don't know what to write. It's taken me 10 minutes now just to get this far. I keep writing and then erasing, writing and then erasing. I am sad to not be sitting in the country that has been my home for the past year and I'm sad that the time slipped by so fast.
If nothing else I take solace in the fact that my life has changed and the thing that I long for the most has come and will continue to come. I owe everything to the beautiful people I've met along the way who have all shown me something amazing, each in their own way. I can truly say I would be nothing without those that have been a part of my life's adventure. In all humbleness, thank you.
Tim and I had one hell of an adventure and there's still so much to write about. Once I grasp the end of this trip and get some space (mentally and physically) I'll try to elaborate. Check back soon.
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