Hello friends! Packing sucks! Oh my emgee...this is so overwhelming. This is even more overwhelming than when my apartment flooded in '09 and I had to move unexpectedly AND in 3 days. My apartment is a wreck, I have too many clothes (an absolute blessing, btw) and I still have to do things like, get foreign currency, sell some furniture, sell clothes, close my bank account, yada yada...
On a much brighter note, I got my visa and my plane ticket this week (it is Tuesday folks, we are in good shape lol). This thing is really happening. My family threw me an amazing going away party this weekend and I also had a lovely dinner with my loves from Jolie. All these send offs are so thoughtful and moving but at some point each time I think to myself, "you are moving to Japan alone." As the time draws near that is screaming, "YOU ARE MOVING TO JAPAN! ALONE! IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS!!!!" I can't shut her up or turn her off. I don't think that voice is crying out from a fearful place. I think she just wants me to be ready.
I gotta tell you though, this feels right. I don't think I would rather be doing anything else right now. It has been a long time since I have felt I am right where God needs me to be. For that I am thankful.
Well...no time for the long talking, as they say in JA(That's Jamaica, saints). I must return to packing...the time is drawing nigh.
Love,
The Gypsy
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Bye bye for now...
So here I am...the last week of work...it happened SO fast. Seriously. I have mixed emotions...here I am, five years later and nowhere near where I thought I would be according to my five year plan, five years ago. Honestly, that is fine because in retrospect my five year plan sucked. LOL...
Time to say goodbye (for now) to my friends at Jolie. I have grown leaps and bounds since I have been working there. If you knew me 5 years ago, you know that this is a fact:) I will be eternally grateful for that and much more. For the tests and experiences that forced me into transition. For all the different personalities that pushed my patience to new heights. For the life long friendships I have formed and for the world I was exposed to, that otherwise, I may never have known. I love my coworkers like family and it will be especially difficult to say goodbye. But just as much as I will miss them, I am excited and overjoyed about the opportunities that are hiding themselves around the corner.
I find myself doing EVERYTHING differently, trying to shake up my routine. In a few weeks, my routine will be so shaken, I will have NO choice but to create an entirely new one. So when I go home, I do something out of the ordinary like, pull some clothes out of the closet to pack, or take some pics of something I'm selling...just something different. Let me insert here that I am so happy I could pee my pants! Things are going to be so perfect, imperfections and all :)
In all of this, I find my mind reeling to create another plan. Mostly because I feel like that is what I am supposed to do. But how do you create a plan when you have no idea what amazing things are in store? I can't. And I won't. Not now at least...I'm just going to fall back, watch God do His thing, and be prepared for where He needs me to be next. Bye bye for now, Jolie. Thank you for everything.
Love,
The Gypsy
Time to say goodbye (for now) to my friends at Jolie. I have grown leaps and bounds since I have been working there. If you knew me 5 years ago, you know that this is a fact:) I will be eternally grateful for that and much more. For the tests and experiences that forced me into transition. For all the different personalities that pushed my patience to new heights. For the life long friendships I have formed and for the world I was exposed to, that otherwise, I may never have known. I love my coworkers like family and it will be especially difficult to say goodbye. But just as much as I will miss them, I am excited and overjoyed about the opportunities that are hiding themselves around the corner.
I find myself doing EVERYTHING differently, trying to shake up my routine. In a few weeks, my routine will be so shaken, I will have NO choice but to create an entirely new one. So when I go home, I do something out of the ordinary like, pull some clothes out of the closet to pack, or take some pics of something I'm selling...just something different. Let me insert here that I am so happy I could pee my pants! Things are going to be so perfect, imperfections and all :)
In all of this, I find my mind reeling to create another plan. Mostly because I feel like that is what I am supposed to do. But how do you create a plan when you have no idea what amazing things are in store? I can't. And I won't. Not now at least...I'm just going to fall back, watch God do His thing, and be prepared for where He needs me to be next. Bye bye for now, Jolie. Thank you for everything.
Love,
The Gypsy
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