I will learn to row it...

of course, this is an advertisement for a brand new drift boat...but I so want to learn to row them...what an amazing weekend

departure is getting closer

and it is bittersweet. I am excited to be going back to the Philippines, really I am. And yet, I never expected that I would be thinking how much I would like to be spending this coming month tucked in some cabin in the woods, or traipsing around Alaska, or fishing anywhere or relaxing on the beach or even just snuggled up, watching movies with him. It is all good, it just draws out all the scary wonderful vulnerable places I didn't expect to surface again.

Makes life interesting, right?

42 days....

I am both excited to be returning to the Philippines and thinking about how much better good experiences are when shared...sure didn't expect to be sorting through all these feelings on the 2nd day of the new year! Not that I am complaining!

Focus on the beauty of it all, and how quickly a month passes. Right? Who knew how quickly these last 2 months would wiz by...big sigh.