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Moving Across the Country (1) | Atlanta to Marshall, Texas

By on May 8, 2019

Since yesterday I’ve been nervous. A pit in my stomach and a glob of feelings in my throat.

On my last official day in Atlanta, I had to get my tires rotated, finish packing my car, get my phone screen replaced and pick-up a spare tire (which I ended…


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Ready or not, USA (1)

By on April 26, 2019

Now, I imagined this day a million ways (my departure) and none of them could have prepared me for what it actually was. Dropped off by friends, then up ’til the last second in the arms of Gentleman Caller, saying goodbye. Now, you see, if I hadn’t extended my…


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TOURING GUATEMALA: Night Bus to Flores, I’m an RPCV and I’ll cry if I want to

By on April 11, 2019

NIGHT BUS TO FLORES:

When Amanda and I left on the night bus, we grabbed some street beans “amoebeans” we called them, and myself with chao mein on styrofoam plates. Local AF. I couldn’t believe there was a trash can to put them in. We got on the bus and…

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Ketchikan, Alaska

All you have to do to sell all of your things and move across the world is to do it.