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What a intensely emotional last few days it’s been. After a few more days of processing, I hope I’ll have a better grasp on precisely how to explain how important this week was to me. Overall, working the camp as a Senior Counselor and having the opportunity to be a speaker at the camp, I…

Monday was the final day of emails and calls and paperwork. Here’s to hoping I have everything prepared both for our next leg of the adventure and for things being left undone in Colorado. Tuesday was full of goodbyes from brunch with my cousin and grandma to a dinner with my parents and Kai to…

The roads finally cleared and we made it to Casper on Thursday for one last visit with Beau before Evan and I head back to Florida. We dragged Kai around the museum with us before he and Beau joined us for dinner. It’s been interesting to watch my brother have his own long distance relationship…

We’ve spent the last few days really trying to get in one more Wyoming visit before Evan and I head off to Florida. With snowy and blustery road conditions, it’s been a no-go. So we’ve looked for other ways to spend our days around previously scheduled calls and meetings. This included Kai and I on…

Unfortunately, due to a heavy amount of snow, we were unable to go to Wyoming this weekend. After talking to the coach, my fingers are crossed to try again to judge the same speech and debate meet I planned to volunteer at next year. With Wyoming cancelled, and therefore the planning and packing of Thursday…

“Let’s connect later this week! I have a few ideas” Emails and conversations like this have been the backbone for this trip. I’ve mentioned a few times that I struggle with flexibility and being open to change but words like this make me excited and help me look forward to all the possibilities ahead of…

The last few days have somehow been both not very busy but exhausting. As we plan our February return to Florida we’ve been making phone calls, sending emails and texts, and doing lots of pricing research to prepare. The highlight of my last few days has definitely been my training for Miami RYLA where I’ll…

This journey began for me in 2016. The Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) camp changed my life and helped me to redefine my pathway. Since RYLA began this travel year, it has impacted Evan in a big way as well. But the person in my life who has probably been most impacted by my sheer…

The highlight of my last few days was going with my cousin to help him pick out a cat from the Larimer County Humane Society. He picked out a sweet fluff of a cat named King Triton. I always love going to the Humane Society and highly encourage looking there if you’re looking for a…

Knowing that a big focus of this year has been flexibility, it’s surprised me how much time I do spend planning and conceptualizing things before they even happen. Monday was a day like that. I spent a good bit of time making calls and sending emails as we figure out the next leg of this…