PLANS? WHAT PLANS?

“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.” 

Henry David Thoreau

 

We haven't mapped out our adventure yet.  Tom and I are notorious fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants kind of people.  We didn't know the sex of our last two children till they were born.  We didn't even discuss names till they were 2 days old.  Do you want a sure fire way to irritate your family?  Tell them you had a baby but don't give them a name.  Works every time.

People think we are crazy.  But we don't know how to be any other way.  We don't talk.  We have discovered that if you talk enough...you talk yourself right out of the most wonderful things.  We don't plan.  And not planning leaves our lives open to the most beautiful experiences.  We can say yes to anything we want and rarely even have to check a calendar.  We don't hold bedtime too seriously, which has resulted in lots of late night park excursions and shooting star hunts.   Our friends know that we throw a party at the last second and aren't the least surprised when we call them two hours before the affair and ask them to bring chips.  We go on vacation with no reservations.  Sometimes we don't even have a destination.  I have gone to work and come home to:

• A half-pipe built in the backyard

• A zipline installed in the backyard

• Tom telling me that he is going on a mission trip.  To Nicaragua.  Tomorrow.

   

  

  

 

So, no.  We don't have any preconceived notions about how this big trip is gonna go down.  Maybe we camp.  Maybe we RV.  Maybe we housesit for random families around the world.  Maybe we work on a ranch in Australia.  We are open and ready for anything.  It all sounds like an adventure to us.  

Obviously we will start nailing down a few specifics soon.  You know, just some minor details like

• What continent are we going to first?

• What homeschool curriculum will we use?

• How will we pay for it?

 

Fear not family and friends.   Those details are coming.  There is one thing I am certain of.  We are going to do this thing.