Birthdays are an interesting thing to me. For the last 5 years my birthdays have all taken place over seas. On islands for 2 years in a row (one in Thailand and 1 in Greece); then in Spain, then New Zealand - this was the first time my birthday happened during winter; and then this year in Korea. My friends even got a cake for me this year!! Every year I try to take some time to think. Some time to look back and also some time to look forward. I am not big on “goals”; I simply want to … [Read more...] about 28 years old

I sit in a foreign country. Running around trying to get paperwork from two other foreign nations on opposite sides of the globe... I am exhausted a bit. With tunnel vision I run and fight for this simple sticker that will hopefully be processed and placed in my passport in a few hours. Honestly I think it is a little joke, the bureaucracy that goes with this stuff. But that is ok. The world needs a little bureaucracy. I think... (they just called my name) I am going to go across the … [Read more...] about Reflections of Visa Stress