EGL: Preparation for an Adventure

Hey Everyone!

Welcome to my first EVER blog.  I feel a bit cliche starting one these things, BUT i'm preparing to embark on one of the craziest things I have ever done in my life and I want to keep a record of it.  The only way I could think of doing this was to create this blogspot.

"But Kevin, why not take a journal with you like you did when you did the New York Satellite program?"

Welllll... the thing is I only wrote in that thing about five times (sad, I know) because I don't carry pens, pencils, or paper with me.  In fact, the only other journal I've ever had in my life was a Scooby Doo journal when I was about 10.  It had one entry, and is somewhere in my closet collecting dust.

ANYWAYS, that crazy thing I'm referring to? It is my upcoming trip/vacation that I am taking.. and I'm pretty fucking stoked about it.  Kind of like my own "Eat, Pray, Love" but better because I took out the pray (no offense to anyone) and replaced with some big ol' gay!  Julia ain't got nothing on me.

So here's my tentative plan.  Over the course of 90 days, I will be visiting/living in New York, Boston, San Francisco, and Hawaii.  I wanna train in New York, eat every type of food, experience life in places that i'm unfamiliar with, learn to surf in the beaches of Hawaii, take cooking class somewhere, and just open my eyes to the world.  If I happen to make bank in the next 60 days, I may try to find a way to squeeze in somewhere epic like Japan or London.  But don't count on that.

My reasoning behind this? Well, my friends know that I was planning on moving to New York for 6 months to train and experience life there, but finding a sublet for six months is next to impossible, expensive, and seems strangely limiting.  I'm entering a new phase of my life, the post-graduate, and it feels bizarre to tie myself down to one place for such a long time.  My whole life has been rooted in one place, and I'm ready to see what's out there.  What better time than now?  I've got money saved up, a trusty credit card, and the love and support of my friends and family.  It's time.

Today I told my boss my plan.  Suprisingly, she was on board with it and told me she was going to give me 90 days off starting in March, but my ass better be back on day 91.  It will be back... one changed dude.

I'll update this periodically as I prepare for the trip, and then regularly on my trip.  Hope you all enjoy, and let me know places I need to visit!

-Kevin