So it begins! The Georgia Chronicles!

This is the beginning of a very big adventure.  Well, I guess it really began a couple weeks ago.  I was in the situation like so many others living in America today.  I am a recent college graduate with a degree in History, moved back home to save as much money as I can, and no idea what direction my life is headed.  My story has changed.  Slightly.  I am still a recent college grad.  I am still living at home, but only for another week.  I am beginning to see the pathway of my future and that pathway is leading back across the Atlantic Ocean!

In November, I was doing some Googling and attempting to find some insight as to where I would like my life to go.  I have always been interested in traveling, and it where my search began.  Through Google, I found Greenheart Travel, which led me to applying to teach English in the Teach Abroad in Georgia program.  I applied, interviewed, and was officially accepted into the program on December 27^th, 2011.  In about I week, I will be traveling to Tbilisi, Georgia (the one bordering Russia, not the Carolinas) to begin my orientation!

I am scheduled to arrive on January 15^th to begin the orientation.  I don’t know what ages I will be teaching or where I will be placed.  Even though that part of the program is uncertain, I’m not worried.  Since I’ve been accepted, “Are you nervous?” is probably the most popular question I’ve been asked.  Each time my answer has been, “No. Not really.”  I’m so unbelievably excited that that emotion is over-powering any other feeling I might have at this moment.  For the most part, I love not knowing where I’ll be placed or whom I will meet.  That allows me to not have any expectations at all!  I don’t want to know what to expect.  I have traveled in the past and it has always been the best part of my life.  I’m ready to go to Georgia, meet the people, experience the culture, and above all, Explore!

A new place.  No expectations.  An open mind. J

Adventure is out there!