Adeus for now

Adeus is Portuguese for good-bye. If I really think about it I started to say good-bye to my family and friends two months ago. And ever since then it has been one good-bye after another. I have never been a fan of good-byes; I prefer the "See you soon" or my famous line, "We'll be in touch." And it's true. Considering I have moved NINE times since 2009, I have had to say a lot of good-byes. One might think I might have it down to a science by now. Not quite.

One thing about saying good-bye is that it has brought out some amazing memories. I am so grateful for all of them over the past few months. Some highlights:

Checking off the Ann Arbor bucket list

Playing hookie to go to yoga, Ann Arbor Botanical Garden and Grizzly Peak Brewing Co.

Delicious North End Italian Dinner

Completing Twin Lights Half Marathon 

Riding the T in the opposite direction just to have more time to catch up

Four-mile walk in Hanover, N.H.

Lavish pedicure at Woodstock Inn

Knowing the guitarist in The Great Whiskey Rebellion

5-MILER run at Harpoon Brewery with 6-pack team

Seeing ONCE on Broadway
Pancake breakfast in the Mile High City

Lunch with a nearly ninety-year-old Nanny

Hike and lunch overlooking the Hudson River

Car rides across New England with dear ol' dad

Seafood dinner in Chatham, Mass.

Bike ride in the sand dunes of Provincetown, Mass.
Backyard bonfire
Walks down Newbury St.
Skype dates with Memphis and Colorado
Breakfast at the Moonikus
Hanging out at the local watering hole...The Monkey Farm

Carvel ice cream cake
Photo memory box made with love
And watching MADAGASCAR in preparation

Thank you to all the love, support and generosity that made all of these memories possible. I am so blessed to have such a solid safety net of family, friends and colleagues supporting this next chapter.

There isn't really one word to sum it up. Excitement. Nervous. Shocked. Enthusiastic. Eager. Anxious. You name it. It applies here. 

Over the past few weeks as I kept getting more questions I didn't know the answers to, I just started saying, "TBD." To be determined. So much of my life is TBD. 

However, what I do know: My 100 lbs. is packed--I think it might only be 93 lbs. Woot!

Staging is tomorrow in Philadelphia. Leaving at 2 am Wednesday to get on a 15-hour flight to Johannesburg to take a connecting flight to arrive in Maputo sometime Thursday. 

Let the adventure begin!