The Impetus for Change

First let me start by saying that all of you that know me realize that this heading could have easily have read “The impotence for change” but rest assured I am devoted to spell and synonym checking for all words over two syllables for this blog.   This adventure is neither lacking desire nor ability to take action.

So briefly why I’ve decided to leave my job and DC – for years I’ve moved from state to state in the quest for the next step in my career.  DC to Knoxville, TN to Chicago, IL then back to DC – all this in just under 2.5 years.   The locations and titles changed but professionally things stalled.    And so, I’m taking time to contemplate what it is I want. 

Though let’s be serious, I’ll probably push off any adult decisions while on my trip but I’m ok with that.  

So here’s what’s happened thus far:

Stop #1 – Mountainhome, Pennsylvania:

On July 2, 2012 I officially moved out of Washington, DC and headed north for Pennsylvania.  To be specific, I moved back in with my parents who live in Mountainhome, PA for the 15 days prior to my international departure.  I bring this up only to illustrate the difference between living on a busy street in DC (nightly serenades from drunk bar patrons) to a town called Mountainhome (nightly fears of crickets and wild animal attacks). 

To date my time here has been filled with hanging out and enjoying time with my family; especially my two young nieces.  I believe the neighbors enjoy my being back as well as I spend approximately 6 hours a day chasing kids around the yard, swinging on an swing way too small for me and today playing a game that required “crazy dancing” every time you won.   I can confidently say one thing I hope to get from the international leg of this trip is dance lessons and if I'm lucky, rhythm.  

The rest of the days are spent trying to recover (damn, kids are exhausting) and frantically trying to wrap up loose ends before leaving.  I wonder – how did I ever get anything done while working?