And so it begins

Well folks, its been a while. If I'm back to blogging that can only mean one thing: I'm fleeing the frozen tundra for warmer climes yet again. Here's how it all begins...

As most of you know, my year didn't start off great. 2010 opened with yours truly being unceremoniously dumped by a guy who I thought could be..something...blah blah blah love's a bitch. In any case things didn't exactly perk up from there and I've spent the last 4 months feeling unhappy and just generally out of sorts. That all-seeing all-knowing guy who does all the laundry and mows the lawn called it a "rut". So, we open with our heroine down in the dumps, when is this movie going to get better??

This morning, 31 May 2010, I woke up with a thought. It was 7am. I was quite possibly still drunk from Lilac Festival and most definitely fed up with waking up with that "what's the point?" feeling that had been following me around. "Self," I said, "you are not a happy girl." "So?" I responded, "what am I to do about it? What is there to be done?" Myself shook her brilliant head and said, "Think, think of a time in your adult(ish) life when you were really and truly Happy, with no small print. Just Happy." Hmmm... I thought, when was I truly happy? That's an easy one: "Thailand," was my reply. So off I skipped to try to chase some Happy. I skipped right on over to my little white MacBook and found myself checking the "Yes please!" box on a registration for a 40 day Free&EasyTravellers tour to the Philippines. I leave sometime around the next Tuesday mark. 8-ish days. I have to be in country for the tour to start on June 10th, details pending.

So there you have it, folks. On a rainy Monday morning I decided to stop ignoring that feeling that something is missing, or not right, or just...OFF. I took action. I have motive, means, and opportunity. If this was CSI they'd have me in cuffs because I had everything I needed to pull off a murder. In this case the casualty was that mopey girl in the mirror who was really starting to get on my nerves. Helps to be a compulsive saver. I tried to think of one reason not to just pick up my backpack and get the hell outta Dodge and not one thing came to mind. Quit my job, bought a ticket, and off I go on another adventure! As usual you are all welcome to come along, and bring what I hope is a little spark into your Canadian lives. I'm off to the Philippines with 20 some-odd 18-25 year-old travelers from June 10-July 21. Then heading to Greece with my heterosexual lifemate Steph in August. This is not a summer for routine, monotony, or accepting an unsatisfying pattern as my inevitable lot in life. This is a summer for me to chase happiness in all its forms.

Epic Travel Alters Perspective.