So, here I am. As cliche as it sounds, I never thought I'd be where I am right now. Literally. I never thought I'd be in sitting in the Los Angeles airport heading to Asia for two months after my college undergraduate graduation. I really thought I'd be off traveling Europe again or the United States. However, I am backpacking across the continent on a combination of a school study tour, my own Southeast Asia adventures solo, and a tour with my parents. Hell, I never even thought I'd fit all of my crap in a giant backpack! I never thought I'd be starting work in September in Minneapolis, i.e. the frigid North at anything having to do with Retail after my exhausting experience folding flimsy pieces of material at Victoria's Secret when I was 18. However, I will start a career (gosh, that's a big girl word) at Target Headquarters and will be a Business Analyst basically creating what you see on the shelves and in the store. Pretty cool if I am assigned stationary or purses, not as fun if it's toilet paper or adult diapers, but I've never been of the practical sort. Most of all, I never thought I'd have a serious boyfriend at 22 and 1/2 who was willing to move my Southern butt from Florida to Minnesota and stopping at every restaurant featured on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Drives and random roadside attractions while singing along to country music and playing punch buggy no punch back. However, I have found someone that amazing and insane and his name is Stephen and the kicker? He likes all of those things, it's not even because I made him.
So, here I am. My plane boards in 20 minutes and after a 12 hours 40 minute flight I will be in the capital of the People's Republic of China: Beijing. I am arriving at 5:20am, so hopefully I will be able to pass out when I arrive and await the other members of my school group.
I'm going on an adventure and I really hope you will join me.
Stay Vibrant!
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