Time has flown by this year. I don't know where the year went. I started out the year living in Washington, D.C., but by the end of February I knew that it was time for me to move on to another city. I some how got this feeling inside of me that kind of reminded me what it was like to travel from city to city. So I decided to move from the East Coast to the West Coast! I am so happy in my new spot in California.
It is crazy for me to think that I have been back from my world trip for a year and half. When I got back from my trip it was so hard for me to relate to life in the States. Everything felt so foreign to me when I returned. I had to get used to driving again, the huge amounts of food when I went out to eat, and the daily grind of working! After talking to so many people throughout my year long trip, nobody ever mentioned to me what it would feel like to be back home, and adjust to life in the "real world." It was hard for me to talk with friends and family about everyday life, because I had nothing to say about the "normal" life. It also seemed to me that a lot of my friends would ask me how the trip was, and would be interested in it for about 3 minutes but then we'd change the subject. But then there were a hand full of friends that truly wanted to know the about the trip...destinations, people, sites and THE NEXT TRIP!
It is so hard to explain the traveling lifestyle to somebody who has not traveled for an extended period of time, but for those of us who have traveled, I can sum it up in one word...Travelingbug!
I have a lot more advantages planned for 2009 so please keep checking out my blog. I just got back from my favorite city in the world, Buenos Aires, Argentina for Christmas. I also went to Punta Del Este, Uruguay for New Years! The trip was so much fun! I will definitely have a lot of new blogs coming in January! Merry Christmas and Happy New Years! T.O.M.
(Picture above is from back stage area of Cirque de Solei in Cincinnati in the costume room!)
