Adventure calls

In case you've been living under a rock or just happened to stumble upon my blog by accident, you should probably know that I made a big move from the lone star state to the bay state in November of last year.  It's been the biggest step so far in writing a better story for my life, and that's really what this blog is going to be about, so I thought I'd put it out there for ya. 

For those of you who haven't been living under a rock and intentionally stumbled upon my blog and graciously kept your "what the......why?!?!" thoughts in your heads, here's your answer: 

Because.

Did that help?  No?  Oh. Yeah, I guess it wasn't that simple.  And I can't answer that question in one post.  I'm not entirely sure that I know the whole story about why I'm here yet.  In fact, I'm absolutely positive I don't know the whole story.  That's part of why I came: to experience what God has in store for me here. 

What I do know is that I felt increasingly stagnant in Texas.  I had little motivation, was trying to fit in where I did not, and saw my life as this straight, wide, grey, boring road with a few potholes but nothing too dangerous or exciting.  And on either side of the road were the most beautiful wildflowers and narrow, crooked paths that led to adventure. 

Super cheesy, right?  But I couldn't shake that vision.  And all I knew was that I had to get off the grey road and explore.  So I gathered every penny I had to my name, booked my first ever one-way ticket, shipped my car, 

shipped all of my belongings (Allied = highly recommended), 

 

spent an incredible weekend at the wedding of two of my very best friends,

 spent my last night in Texas with my crazy, awesome, extraordinary family,

 got on a plane with my loyal and adventurous pup,

 and [after spending three weeks with my incredibly generous and accommodating aunt and uncle] finally landed in my new home!

So here I am learning the benefits and challenges of independence and taking advantage of a real chance, not to start over, but to change my story.  I have faith that God has great things planned for me, and I can't wait to share them with you.  

=)