Twas the night before Asia...

...and all through the night; not a creature was stirring, it didn't seem right.
All the bags were all packed by the front door with care, in hopes that one's passport still would be there!

Okay, enough of the Christmas morning anticipation analogy, but you get it.
We're excited!

I'm taking a break from during some work that has to get done.
Time management says I'm not doing the right thing and I should power through.
However, I think that in 3 weeks when I get back, I'll be happier having this memory to look back on than any email I could send or project finished.

So here I am, packed (well, overpacked), awake (though the hours I've put in says I should be zonked out right now) and still feeling like this is surreal.

We. Are. Going. To. Asia.
really?
When we first put this trip together, we decided to go off the beaten path of where most travelers vacation. Not that there's anything wrong with those places, we just wanted to push ourselves and see something really outside our comfortability and knowledge. Does anyone remember their junior high or high school years of history? I had one college classes that covered Asian history, specifically in battles, but I can't recall a thing. It's a culture unrealized for me. One that we think we understand due to pictures, the news, stereotypes, Chinatowns and good food. Is it a small truth to what we are about to see? Or a bastardized or cheapened version of it? We are about to find out.

The world is about learning. Learning to do things, learning to think, learning to see, learning to believe and learning that the person across from you is going to contradict everything you think you've learned. What is normal? What is belief? What does histroy call us by someone else's book? We are about to skim the surface of finding out what is 'normal' across the world.
That is so freakin' bad ass :)

Don't get me wrong, this isn't just an ignorant thirst for "finding out".
I'm definitely in it for the Pad Thai Noodles.
Hands down. It's on.
Why do you think we are going to 3 places in Thailand? haha

This trip began with about 9 countries/cities that we wanted to explore and amongst great planning partners, we widdled it down to our current itinerary.

Tomorrow is just another day at work. Hustle and bustle with some chitchat and a Diet Pepsi on the go.

But by the following morning - 1:20 am to be exact - it will be another day.
A whole new freakin' day.
With a whole new 'normal'.

Stay tuned...we're about to be broadsided