Gifted Exploration

So for weeks, I've been watching my "update blog" mental note grow in urgency. If it was in Outlook, it would have an exclamation point, red flag, red text and a reminder set to go off every 15 minutes.

But I don't know what to say. I don't want to spew my current mood all over the internet. My mood sucks, is constantly present and is exhausting me. Let's leave it at that.

But tomorrow I leave for China. We're spending 3 days in Shanghai and 3 days in Hong Kong. And about 35 hours on airplanes. My trip excitement will kick in post-flight.

Tomorrow will also be my longest birthday ever. Or maybe it's the shortest. I can't quite figure out how many time zones I get to celebrate it for. And by celebrate I mean sleeping, or watching a movie, or stretching in the aisle, or landscaping my Animal Crossing town.

Kristen gave me the book 1,000 Places To See Before You Die for my birthday. I immediately went through to mark off the items I've already done - SXSW, London, Yellowstone, Shanghai Museum to name just a very few. Hong Kong will be my first chance to mark some more off the list.

And exploration is always the best gift.