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I am so ready to go on this trip! Mentally I am strung out and really need a break from the day-to-day stuff that makes up life. I know what your thinking, but nope, it is not the family. They are great. It's not the job either, although that does play a small part in my stress level. It is going to school every night that has me so tired I can hardly see straight. Every night it is homework, homework and more homework. Even if I do take a night off, I spend the time thinking about how I really should be doing homework. Even posting this blog is taking away time from the homework that I really should be doing. I have until this October, then I will be finished with my classes at the University of Phoenix. No more &%$@ing homework!
It seems rational to think that it is because of all the homework that I find myself daydreaming about a time when I won't have any. And as we are departing for Nepal less than two weeks after I graduate, it really has me looking forward to this trip even more than I normally would. I can't wait to get off the bus in Jiri and just start walking. If there is one thing that I really enjoy about being on the trail is just the lack of mental distractions. My mind is able to let go of many of the day to day drivel that normally occupy my head and can instead focus on more important issues such as the painful blister that is forming on my big toe, or how tired my legs are from climbing up this damn mountain. Instead of thinking about work, I can instead turn my attention to the mental and physical complexities that are involved in avoidance of Yak poop on the trail or falling off a rock face while I am taking my own bathroom break. God am I looking forward to this!
For some people a perfect vacation is sitting on a tropical beach and doing absolutely nothing. Others may like the thrill a minute adventures where they are constantly on the go. While I like tropical beaches and wild adventures, I think I would much rather go to Nepal or some other exotic location and get off the beaten path somewhere. Throw out the schedule and take it one day at a time. Walk when you want to walk, eat when you want to eat and stop when you want to stop. Just be at the airport for your flight home and you're good to go. I guess I just don't like playing the stereotypical tourist. And it is not like we don't have any goals in mind for this trip, but they are all negotiable and not set in stone. After all, we may get all the way over there and not even see Mount Everest due to cloud cover or some other reason. I am trying to focus on enjoying the entire trip, not judging it strictly on whether we get to put a check mark next to everything on our to-do list.
