Friday, September 18, 2009

dream trippin'

in order to survive...to keep pushing through....
dreaming is entirely necessary.
i live in a day dream world of all the places i want to be
all the places i want to go.

i have a gypsy spirit with first class taste and a babysitter's budget.

i have been spoiled beyond words to see so many parts of the world.

during my collegiate years I lived in Italy for a short time
and spent one month traveling Greece.
i picked fresh produce every day, i danced in discotecs, and smoked in snowy streets.

in high school i was able to go to australia, new zealand, norway, and london.
i held koalas, watched the sun never set, and ate waffles in the middle of fjords.

in different circumstances, i visited Singapore served in Thailand, and learned love in Peru.
i saw catastrophic devastation, poured cement in a Muslim village, and played carnival games in a barrio.

i have boarded boats, flown in planes, and ridden trains.

THIS is the life I crave.a life of endless adventure, constant growth from foreign challenge, and the fresh air of somewhere new.

while some travel may have to wait
& while some dreams take time
i can plan some things with the passionate belief that not all things should be postponed--
today i plan not for 18 years from now,
not for a first class excursion in europe,
not for a sundrenched beach with a corona...
I Dream of A West Coast Road Trip.

In February I plan on getting in the car with my true love
and driving.
Driving through Oregon to Seattle with no official plan but just to BE.
I think this will be just what we need.

if i can't dream today, i won't see tomorrow.
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7 comments:

  1. DO IT!!!! I LOVE A GOOD ROAD TRIP!!!! WHEN I WAS GROWING UP WE LIVED IN GERMANY AND MY PARENTS HAD A POP UP VOLKSWAGON CAMPER! LOVED IT! WE JUST JUMPED IN THE CAR EVERY WEEKEND AND JUST DROVE. SUCH GREAT MEMORIES!!!!

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  2. Sounds like the perfect plan. When I was in college, my then boyfriend and I took a trip to England, we didn't plan anything but to be there. WE stopped where we wanted, stayed where we found a place and eat on the whim...then I didn't appreciate that freedom to do so, now I long for the time to do what ever I please! Make some new memories with your love.

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  3. haha I love this line "i have a gypsy spirit with first class taste and a babysitter's budget".
    Looking forward to our road trip....who knows, maybe we'll have our dream trailer and find KOA's to camp at. (for some reason I have a feeling you don't know what a KOA is...:) )

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  4. You better be planning a day in Edmonds to hang out with Lissa, Stefie, and I. :)

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  5. Sounds perfect to me! i'm dreaming of an excursion to the Pacific Northwest myself and hoping for a CA and London in July.... dreaming and it just may happen,
    xo,
    LuLu

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  6. You guys are going to have so much fun. I love to travel too...I have not seen as much as you though. My friend has one child and never wanted more and she has really had that life with her daughter.....they have such a beautiful, spontaneous gypsy life.

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  7. Never stop dreamin....your road trip sounds great!!!!

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