Twilight Trips in 50 countries

Hello world! This is Charlene finally getting on her way to travel the world. I wanted to start this blog pre-trip so I get used to writing about my life and going-ons so it will become habit on my trip. I have been working on this trip for far too long but finally it has come to fruition. I am finishing up my last preparations to leave at some point in May now. I go to San Francisco to book the final dates for the trip tomorrow and I am enthralled. Finally, FINALLY! I have to still say I am a bit scared and nervous about this whole thing, not about my safety per say, but about my budget, the way I will feel about leaving, the way I will feel when I am gone, the aftermath of the trip which includes what will happen with my current boyfriend Sean, my friends that I love and will miss like crazy but who may forget about me, my family that isn’t very supportive of my trip and how they will handle my absence, the bit of debt I will have to pay off to my mom for a couple of G’s, where my head will be after it all, where my heart will be after, what I will want to now do and who I will now be, and soo much more. But I guess that all comes with a big change in life. And I have been thinking about/dealing with all of this for the past year and I still am not completely over it all. Maybe with the actual start of my trip I will start to work through those fears through experience. So, I really wanted to say what I have to do before I leave besides booking it tomorrow, my first and my last step.1. Booking the trip2. Making a list of what I need to buy/pack3. Packing4. Testing out my fully packed backpack and naming him5. Going to Travisa and finishing that up6. Booking travel insurance7. Booking all my hostels and having a list of the next ones to book while I am traveling8. Making a list of every embassy9. Making list of emergency contacts10. Making copies of all my documents11. Figuring out how to do my travel filmAnd I will add more later. I have to go to dinner with my boyfriend’s family right now and go to blockbuster to exchange some films. It’s a lovely day today in Novato, its been in the 60’s and 70’s and breezy. It’s very peaceful outside but inside my head and my house I’m a jumbled mess of fear, excitement, and stress. I wish I could just relax and get this shit overwith and on my way. But things are never so easy. Life is never so easy. I am now off, goodnight and I will talk to you more soon.