Ready, Set, Go

Six hours until I take off for Peru, the first leg of my journey. I will spend the next couple weeks working with a group of 45 orphans in Kindergarten and First Grade. After bouncing from LAX to Mexico City to Lima and to Cusco... I will journey an hour and half to Cai Cay. I'm not sure how much internet access I will have in this small village so this may be the last blog for awhile. I am completely exhausted and I haven't even left yet. It's amazing how quickly things pick up when the date of departure approaches. It was 8 months ago and each week was dreadfully long. Then I slid into two months before departure and things picked up. It was all about getting rid of my junk, saying good bye (which was much harder than expected), purchasing the necessary things for my trip and before I knew it one month, then two weeks, then three days then, what? 6 hours.. geez...
My entire life is now packed into 3 bags. This hit me last night when I opened the door to my apartment and the keys on my key chain were three keys lighter, since I had left work earlier that day and turned in the keys. Then this morning I moved out and bam another three keys lighter. I'm down to car keys which I just handed off to Tony who is watching my Jeep while I travel. So, no keys, no phone, and no place to call home. Yikes. I don't have the words. It's exciting, yet very uncomfortable to be sitting in the guest room of my friends house knowing that tomorrow I step into something I have never experienced before. I step into the unknown. I can't do anything else about it. It's coming and I have to enjoy the ride, which I voluntarily placed myself upon with a smile on my face. A long sigh and I feel my mind quiet and my feet touch the ground. I'm here right now. Please keep your hands inside the car at all times.. ready... set... go... and oh...Enjoy the ride.