seeking an adventure

every now and then i look back at my old posts and i miss the adventures of alaska and argentina. i miss the randomness and uncertainty of not knowing. after a bit over a year at my job, i recently decided that i needed to start thinking about some time off. my cubicle is getting swamped with papers. i dont think i get enough sleep. i have been all over the west coast for weddings and bachelor parties and as wonderful as each one has been, i have yet to wander for a time.

so, i started pondering last wednesday. i thought about a week in august that i would leave corporate life behind. where would i go? the possibilities were truly endless. maybe i should drive across the country. maybe ill backpack into the wilderness. maybe i want to leave the states. canada? mexico. i could spend a week in san francisco. no, that's too normal. well, not that normal, recently, but more of the same. i can fill my calendar with about 10 days with about any place i wanted to go.

soon, i started thinking about out of the country options. spain. that could be cool. maybe not quite what i am looking for. definitely at some point. europe wasnt the destination. i had always dreamed of snowboarding somewhere else in the world. new zealand has always been top of the list. the ultimate destination. probably too far and too expensive. maybe ill go back down to argentina. okay this is sounding like a plan.

i arrived at the office around quarter to seven last thursday and started browsing flights. flights to new zealand were about the same price as to chile and argentina. so i started thinking some more. i mean, not too much more. i sent two emails to brad. i gchatted with my dad.

me: im looking at flights to new zealand

dad: who's going?

me: just me

dad: alone?

me: sure. why not?

dad: i don't buy it

me: im gonna go

dad: well, im not available and i know that disappoints you.

it is amazing how simple it is to click away on the internet and then with that click, in a few weeks, you head off to new zealand. i have no idea where i am staying or who i will meet and i am incredibly excited.