On Travel

Ever since I was a little kid I’ve had a unquenchable thirst to go to places foreign to me. Travel was a part of my young life, and it pretty much took my life over when I was 12 and decided to just run away with Sara.

It’s difficult for me to stay in one place too long. I start to daydream of all of the places that I rather be. It gets to the point where I rather stay shut in my little apartment and plan out my future travels than to go out and hang out in Chicago, a city that I have spent way too much time in.

The last 3 years have been rather stationary and dull. I’ve left the country only 5 times, and only once for an extended period. I have flown into Belize and the USVI about twice as much as that, but it’s always been with Sam and friends, and its lost its luster as of late.

The good news is that this year will be fraught with exploration and it will be followed up with me leaving Chicago for LA to further pursue acting. I am on my last quarter of classes and I will have graduated by the end of March. With school out of the way I will have no more excuses.

I’m on the precipice of a very exciting stretch in my life. It’s only been 24 days, but this year has already been the best month I can remember since Sara’s passing a couple years ago.

The cherry on top of it all is that my new camera is coming in the mail tomorrow. And most importantly, Rachel has woken from her coma recently, and judging from our brief conversations, is doing much better.

So here’s to you 2012. Cheers.