No, it is not going to be snakes. (even though we saw a guy walking up the street with one of those yellow albino python death-grip things wrapped around his neck like a scarf…*shudder*)

Somewhere over the Aleutian Islands (where my Bumpy was stationed on his way home from the South Pacific during WWII) in the Northern Pacific Ocean, I flew into the future (flux capacitor not even necessary!)

They are extraordinary people. I am, in general (and especially in 2011), a hot mess.

Extraordinary people have extraordinary stories. Hot messes barely make it out of bed in the morning.

I’ve done a fair amount of domestic travel and flights (though my first of those was not until I was 25) so I’m not totally lost in the mechanics of travel.

International travel, that’s a whole different story.

Living your life very intentionally, it can be exhausting.

2012, with all its promise of exciting adventures and new experiences and finally getting my feet under me, deserves to be something more.

2012 will be my Year of Fun

Whether that was epic success or epic failure, I spent 2011 living in a world of Go Big or Go Home.

If a Year of Intention means anything, it means Don’t Do Anything Half-Assed.

With all the roller coasters peaks and valleys, looking back there were 5 definitive moments that MADE the year 2011 for me.