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Being unemployed is the pits. Being unemployed and sick is even worse. Don’t get me wrong I don’t mind sitting around doing nothing – outside of applying for jobs and reading an inordinate amount of news – but one eventually misses the routine provided by work. In all the chaos of finding a job and getting set up down under its easy to overlook ones birthday. But this year unlike most years I will be spending my birthday in a place I haven’t had a birthday in for almost 18 years.

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I starred at the water barrelling down and aimed for the place my guide had told me to. I took a breath and began to leap… no… not yet. A moment of fear and I held back. Then I reminded myself that life should be about experiencing everything and this was a great experience. So, I took a breath and lept.

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I flew on a prop plane a few days ago to an island in the Pacific Ocean. I watched sailboats sail into the sunset. I swam in clear blue waters and played in white sand. I snorkeled amongst coral reefs and para sailed over it all.

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It’s raining… I’ve come to the land of my birth and found it alien. A few days ago I knew the comfort of a warm running shower and today I showered with water from a well. It’s a hard life but also one that is simple. Here I am surrounded by family and that makes it seem worthwhile.

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I won’t be home for a very very long time. A few months shy of my 28th birthday I decided that it was time to explore the world. I leave behind friends, family, and people I’ve gotten close to in the last few years.

My journey takes me to strange places – well not that strange (parts of asia) and then off to Australia. I leave behind too many memories and it’s hard not to feel a little overwhelmed and a little sad. So many things will happen in my absence and so many of the faces I’ve come to know will be different in both their looks and in their personalities.

I take pleasure in knowing that this is one of the best learning experiences I can have. So saying goodbye to those I said goodbye to is bittersweet. Some I will see again and will be glad to call friend. Others I expect to never see again and their faces will be resigned to shadows in my memory.
Follow me in my adventures because you may not be able to be with me, but you’ll never have left me.