Remember those butterflies I talked about a few months ago? Well, today they are careening off the walls of my stomach and I’m practically floating a few inches above the ground – my body feels like electricity is pinging throughout all my nerves. Can you tell I’m excited?!
Yeah, my last post ended with ‘next stop, Madrid’; but that’s a long ass haul from Seattle! So as this is posted, I’m on a flight to Washington D.C. where I will spend a night before we take off for Madrid tomorrow evening. Dulles to Madrid is an overnight flight as most all flights to Europe from the east coast are; and we’ll hit the ground running once we land there. So the overnight in DC will give my body a little break. Cindy is flying in from Atlanta and we’re meeting at the airport. We’ll have time for dinner, a (hopefully!) good night’s rest at a nearby hotel and then much anticipation waiting for our flight to Spain.
It feels weird to be traveling in my hiking clothes and knowing that when I get to Spain, one of the first things I’ll have to do is wash my clothes! 😀 Something I’ll have to get used to doing everyday after we are done walking. And realizing that I’ll be relying on only the things in my backpack for a month and a half. But we’re not going into the wilderness – there are many small towns and several larger ones where we can purchase most anything we need. Although, I won’t want to add to the weight in my pack, so the goal is to make do!
I’ve dreamed about going on this adventure for years; and for the past 6-8 months have studied, researched, (tried to) learn a language and imagined what it will be like. But as I am about to begin – and because as we know life doesn’t always happen the way you want or imagine – I’ve decided to not have any expectations of how this walk will pan out. I hope to be able to take it all day by day – even hour by hour. My new mantra… “Let it go“.
For real this time… next stop, Madrid!
Hola
Feeling grateful and privileged to be “Letting it go” right along with you!
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Love you and I know you can do it FA
Thank you FA! Love you!! ❤❤
You got this!
Thanks you two! I got your voicemail this morning and had a good laugh. Love you guys! ❤❤
Safe travels Rose! One step at a time!❤️
Thank you Pat!❤
Hi Rose,
What an awesome adventure you are embarking on. Stick to that mantra and all will go well, perhaps not as planned, but you are in charge of your reactions to any given situation…Let it go…..
I love you Rose and look forward to reading about all your adventures. Love, Mary
Thank you, Mary! Going to do my best with the mantra – started yesterday on my commute to the airport. Ha! Thanks for all your encouraging words! ❤ ❤
Congratulations Rose! I am so happy my heart is beaming with joy at your new adventure! I’ll be tracking you from afar in am keeping practicing “let that shit go“ right here at home! Love it!
Thank you, Beth! I so appreciate all the encouragement!❤ And definitely working on letting that shit go! 😀