Living the width of my life

The days are dwindling down for me over here in Africa. Slowly but surely October 15^th continues to approach, sitting right there around the corner he’s waiting for me. And what am I to do?! As I have a massive door to close behind me, this Jbay door of mine, I truly will struggle with closing and walking on – to walk down a hall filled with adventures and to walk towards a door that I don’t even recognize yet.

So what do I do?

I’m living it up, every piece of it! Because I am not merely living the length of my life, of my days, but I am living the width of it! Last Friday I went horse back riding here in the bay – a beautiful horse ride through green thickets, which broke open into sand dunes, exhilarating me with the feeling as if I were a desert rider. But soon enough the sea broke into view as it does every day here in the baai. And then my horse, Roxy, and I broke ahead of the group flying as fast as she could carry us down 10ks of beautiful South African beach.

This morning, just down the sand from where I rode Roxy I went for a surf. The only lonely surfer at the break that morning with a dark cloud raised above my head there were only small, soothing waves that brought me some comfort.

I can’t believe this year is behind me, I don’t know how the days flew by so quickly or how my 23^rd year approached so fast. But here I sit, 10 months living as a South African surfer down, 8 days away from an epic European adventure, a month away from my 23^rd and a mere 35 days until I am back on American soil.

For now I reminisce on the great days, the adventures, the challenges, the hardships that South Africa brought me. I’ll process some more and tell you my findings. For now I look anxiously ahead at this hallway of adventure that is guiding me through 6 countries, 7 states and 3 months of a suitcase as a closet. I’ll keep you filled in on every step of the way. For now I look cautiously, curiously at the door that awaits me to open it come February 2012 a door that I don’t even know what color it is, hopefully through these upcoming ventures I will figure out what that door looks like and build up the strength to open it. And I am already excited to let you know what lies behind that door.