Welp!

Well, things feel more official than ever today. I had my scheduled exit interview at HR today. Once they signed the papers, went over my exit procedures, and told me how to access my information in the future....it happened: THE "handshake". The one where their next words are "Good luck to you". CHILLS!! I felt my tummy flip flop and that little voice I the back of my mind saying "Really? Really? REALLY?!?!" But...I hushed that voice away with the overwhelming excitement that I DID it. I am doing it. I'm 27 years old and I'm about to live out my dream....do risks really get much better than that?! So, being that it's now midnight and yes, I still have school tomorrow, I'm going to force myself off the computer, go to sleep, and....Dream BIG! HooT!

WHAT did I just do?!?

Well....wow.

 I just quit my job. QUIT my JOB! As in...teaching third grade will be only a memory in 18 more days. My income-gone. My consistency in life-gone. What am I thinking?!?! Well, let me tell you what I'm thinking..

I'm thinking that as of June 1st, I will have every bill to my name paid off. No credit cards, no car payments, no rent, nada. I'm also thinking that I have no ties to keep me down. No kids, no husband, no boyfriend...heck...no prospects. I'm thinking I need a change of scenery. I'm thinking I would love to travel the world. I'm thinking I need an adventure. Most of all, I'm thinking these things will never again line up so perfectly in my life to allow me to take this jump. So I decided to jump.

So here's my plan: Work this summer, save money, buy a one way ticket in the fall and EXPLORE! Travel. See. Do. Experience. Make new friends. See things I've only read about in books. See things I've never even heard of. Branch out. Explore new opportunities. Find out things about myself I don't know. Like...if I can survive being alone on the other side of the world?!

So...welcome to my blog. Follow along as I try this new chapter of my life. Sometimes, I may be looking to you to root for me. I am SO EXCITED...but reality is slowly setting in that I am REALLY going to do this! I already quit my job. I already turned in my paperwork to move out of my apartment. I've already announced to friends, family, and now the Blogger World my plan...so I HAVE to follow through! 

Here goes nothing.....!!!

hOOt!