So it's officially been just over 2 months since I permanently came back to US soil, and yet I still have managed to be in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Toronto and Austin, Texas in that time. I guess once a traveler, always a traveler and I certainly can't sit still for too long. The only bad part of this ongoing nomadic lifestyle…I don't really have an answer when people ask me where I live.
In Chicago, I'm lucky enough to have my mom with our house where the majority of my "things" still reside, and I even have my high school bedroom relatively in tact! Although, not sure how proud it is for parents to have their late-20's daughters moving back home, not to mention it isn't exactly why I decided to venture out on this adventure in the first place….so I moved on.
In New York, I was working with my old PR team on some projects. This was great to get back a taste of the corporate life, realize it might not be for me right now, but still get to see some of my favorite people in the world. My cousin and her fiance were gracious enough to host me on their pullout sofa during this time. I am so thankful for family, who I can also call friends, who will open their doors to a homeless post-backpacker and even provide a bed and closet on top of that! But that couldn't last forever...
So after New York, I came to Austin, Texas, where my sister has currently taken up a new life, and where I happily moved my computer, books and a suitcase into her den complete with the pull-out sofa from my NYC apartment. Here is where I'll call home for the next few months as I obtain my TESL certification, complete my 200 hour Yoga Alliance teacher training certification, work on my personal digital strategy consulting expertise and try and study for the GRE test in November.
All of these projects and ideas leading up to…what exactly? I haven't quite figured it all out, but I have decided to return to South America (Santiago, Chile to be exact) in December. For how long? I bought a one-way ticket, so we'll see where the Chilean winds blows...Perhaps I will find a place to call my home soon enough.
