My early years were rather unconventional--traveling with my parents and younger sisters in a small caravan, bathing in streams, sleeping next the the ocean as a young teenage in Puerto Rico, floating on the Volga river in Russia and sleeping under the stars in Zimbabwe. My childhood and early adulthood was all about moving on to the next place, the next adventure, and that hasn't really left me.
And there's the rub: even while I prepare for my future life in the law and settling down to the seriousness of firm work, I can't stop my gypsy mind from wandering. There are so many places to see, so many adventures to have!
Still, I think I have found a pretty good comprimise. In a lot of ways, the of study of law is a constant adventure, delving into areas you have never yet been, ways of being that you have never thought of before. It's a mental adventure.
And, since we are not having kids, in theory we could spend our holidays exploring the world. I know Monster has a list of places he'd like to visit and so do I. I also know that constant travel, in the end, is not sustainable. And that part of my life, I just have to face it, is over.
But I can still embrace the spirit of adventure I had as a child and that can lead me to awesome adventures.
But there will always be an wanderer in me, and I think that is a good thing.
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