Global Mischief Blog

Update: So it's official! We now have yellow-fever, typhoid, and hepatitis A! We've never been so excited! Aside from super sore arms, our inoculations went well. Think we were the only ones smiling from ear to ear in the place as the screaming infants and children around us weren't at all happy with their circumstances. The whole process....only about 2.5 hours...but, we did have an awesome conversation with the in-processor, Ellie, who gave us some helpful hints about taxes while abroad.

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It wasn't easy. Two months or more were absorbed by the constant stress of moving out of that place. Finally, after hours, days, weeks, and months of packing and cleaning, we left the little house on Bell Ranch Street. It's kind of a weird house for the memory books. In the short two years that I occupied it there were four additional roommates, one dog, a wedding, one break up, a roof reconstruction project, Andrew and I's first Christmas with the folks, some fights to forget and some laughs...
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Preparing for this trip feels like we are in a faulty car. One minute, everything is fluid and moving perfectly and the next moment all motion has ceased. Until we can get things moving again, we are playing the waiting game. We are waiting on Andrew's passport. We are waiting on airfare deals. We are waiting on shots. We are waiting on reservation openings. We are waiting to apply for the visas that will then require us to ...wait.   We are waiting on sales for gear. We are waiting to sell c...

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Wow.  October seems like yesterday.  And already we are one week from June!  If I didn't have pictures, I don't think I'd be able to remember the events of the last 9 months.  When I met Casey, I never imagined I'd be looking at the person who could look inside me and find more than what I've always been.  But, she is that magnificent woman!  I guess when I met her, my only choices were to back off from the cliff, or jump and hope.  Best decision I've made in my life!

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I realize that this is pre-mature of our big adventure, but as I've never been one to be good at keeping a journal or keeping up with technology, I figured it would be best if I started out early and developed a habit that would, no doubt, be beneficial to have while Andrew and I were off galavanting the globe. Thus far, we have accomplished the minimum in regards to preparations. We were fortunate enough to get backpacks. Granted, it took us four stops between Houston and Austin to fix a "zi...
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