As of 10 minutes ago I am now the owner of a U.S. Passport!!

Such wondrous possibilities…

pipe dream
    –noun
    any fantastic notion, hope, or story

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In an earlier post, The plan (or lack thereof), I mentioned that I was most likely going to take myself to Portland or Eugene, Oregon. Then I would most likely go to college and chase a degree. For a while, that really felt like the right thing to do. Now I’m not so sure.

Lately I feel like going to Portland just to become a student just to get a degree just to get another full time job is only setting myself up for a repeat of the last 10 years. But maybe I’m wrong. Maybe I should go back to school. Maybe I should stay at least somewhat grounded in reality. Maybe. It could very well be that in a few short months I’ll be a full time student taking another stab at normalcy. But right now everything is still up in the air, so why not give myself some room to have crazy fantasies about crazy adventures?

So I’ve been wondering about maybe not starting “Life 2.0″ just yet. Why rush into it, you know? I’ve been flirting with the idea of just going somewhere, or maybe many somewheres. I’m not sure where (see the sidebar), for now I’m just letting my mind wander. Once the house is done and there’s a bit less weight sitting on my shoulders I plan on doing quite a bit more research on the possibility of going bye-bye for some undetermined amount of time. If I do decide to go someplace, that will be when the “where” will be more of an issue.

I’m not saying school is out of the question. In fact it’s still the most likely long-term outcome. I’m just saying nothing is out of the question…