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I'm currently in the Colombo airport in Sri Lanka about to head back to Bangkok. What an amazing vacation of surfing, good food, and cultural exchanges. Defiantly the vacation I was looking for. I'm about head back to Bangkok with a little less than 2 months until I come back to the US, with literally nothing to do. It is almost a little daunting, but i'm sure I can occupy my time with working out, basketball, reading and what not. While the whole time wanting to get back home, so I can unpack all my things, enjoy some Stella's pizza, say hello to everyone in Belmont, and then head straight down to Baltimore to see Bri. Until these past 2 weeks or so, it almost seemed as a distant memory that I would actually be heading to Bmore soon. But now that it is happening, I cant stop thinking about it. To have a beautiful women waiting for you to come home is one of the most comforting feelings a man can have. We have both been waiting for this for way to long. A year didn't seem like a huge thing to undertake, but holy heck, it is a really long time.

Some people have asked me if I am scared or nervous to see Bri again, and I never really know how to answer the question. Like I don't think so, but then again, not seeing someone for a year and then jumping into a full fledged relationship is a huge change of events. We have both changed a lot over the year, for better or worse, and probably in completely different ways. So I am really looking forward to seeing how our new personalities mesh and what great things result from that.

The beach.....

There really isn't anything like the beach. A place where the mind can free itself and the body can relax. And if you can get a $10 hotel across the street from the water, it makes it even better. I still remember the day when Bri and I went up to New Hampshire to Hampton Beach back in August of 2011. We weren't even dating but I had one of the best days I had in a long time. Great food, sunny skies and sprinting into the ocean to get cool are my tenets of a great time. The beach does something to you. It symbolizes the start of summer, and in that, happiness.




All I want to do now is plan a vacation with Bri somewhere with open roads, blue skies and cold beers.



5 more beach days in Sri Lanka!

Life in Sri Lanka....

Today we are departing the beautiful mountain town of Nuaraleyah. It is a 19th century tea plantation town set up in the mountains of central Sri Lanka.  Absolutely beautiful. I have never been to a place like this so it is a little hard to describe.

Life out of a backpack is awesome, it has been so long since I've been travelling that I forgot how freeing the feeling of the open road is.

Sri Lanka is certainly the most off the beaten track place that I have been too... It is like nothing in SE Asia.

This trip just makes me more and more excited for our summer adventures. I can't stop picturing life in Tenn with B.


I had been getting a little stressed in Bangkok, not sure why, maybe a little homesick, maybe a little bored since our work ended, but life here has given me a fresh perspective and a fresh set of energy that I need to carry for the next....60 something days, until our hearts are no longer apart and life will try to return to normalcy.

Until then, trust the process.

J

Summerrr

When you are off living by yourself, there aren't that many things that attach you to anything. You can come and go as you please, and you only act when you really feel like acting. Things are fully up to you. There is no one to tell you when to go to bed, or anyone elses obligations that you have to fulfill.

Living in Bangkok and having everyone I know back home makes things feel distant at times. All that on top of trying to figure out how to somehow find a job and make things work on those fronts. Im trying to find something I remotely enjoy doing, while staying close to home and to the heart. Right now I have no idea where I might be in one year, and that is totally ok by me.

When you have basically everything you want, there isn't much to talk about. It's more about then using what you have. You know. I just want to go out there and go to national parks. I want to go to the beach. I want to BBQ. I want to stay up late and go for a walk around the neighborhood just listening to treefrogs. But where I am is not where I have been imagining being. When my mom came to visit it put things in perspective and gave me a real taste of home. And with Bri there, and family, well mom, dad, nana and grampy, It really makes me want to be there. To take in everything that is offered and make the most of my time. That is probably why I get bogged down the most, I'm always trying to make the most of my time, and often times in that am not making the most of my time.

Just get me to a backroad asap.....


But it is crazy what idle time can do to the mind. Most people talk about not having enough time, so they are stressed and tired after a day of work. My work is over and the horizon is clear.

I have some huge opportunities coming this summer with roadtrips planned to Tennessee and Kentucky. The large music festival is going to finally happen this summer as well. Wow that has been so overdue. Alas, summer. Freedom of mind.






Going to Sri Lanka tomorrow for 2 weeks, should be something. Surfing, jungles and who knows what. Photos to come.