after years of thinking about it and a few months of planning, i am getting ready to embark on some proper travels.

first up is an immersion school in guatemala, where i will receive up to two months of one-on-one lessons in spanish, live with a guatemalan family and hopefully hang with a friend or two that’s planning to visit.

in october, i’ll meet up with a friend in costa rica for some surfing.  after that, it’s up in the air until coming back in december for the holidays.

my goals for the trip:

• heal my wrists (i have carpal tunnel syndrome)
• learn life lessons (and work on traits that contributed to stress and depression)
• experience other cultures/places (i’ve only lived in dc and maryland)
• do yoga and surf

my flight leaves on aug. 11.