Welcome to my story, friends!
I'm breaking out my long-packed wings and heading off to Russia in a few short days. What seemed like a distant and only-in-concept adventure for so many months is now, suddenly, a very tangible reality. And may I just say HELL YES.
Since I decided on this, I've been switching emotional states every 17 minutes or so, from terrified to ambivalent to giddy, then definitely back to terrified, then cripplingly sad, then good-riddancelike, then giddy again.
The last few days, though, I've been stuck on one -- HELL YES.
I'm confident and ready, and frankly I'm about to jump out of my damn pants with excitement. This in itself is a welcome change from the crazy that has been my brain lately, and it confirms beyond a doubt that I'm doing exactly what it is I want to be doing.
I will desperately miss so many people and places, and it's going to wrench my little screwball soul to say some of the goodbyes I have to say, but that's all part of the package. I'm ready for that, now, too.
And so, stay tuned! I'll be posting as often as possible with updates, local news, social musings (those Russians are batshit!), and personal tales filled with frozen vodka, oily borscht, and if I'm lucky, some down-n-dirty Putin lovin'.
HELL YES.
