T-2 Weeks!

2 weeks from right now, my dad and I will hopefully be in Columbus, OH, heading back to our hotel and gearing up for day 2 of our great roadtrip! I think I may have mentioned it before, but yes, I am not only going to Texas, but I'm DRIVING with my Dad! He'll catch a flight back to Philadelphia before I get to my orientation, but our road trip begins on July 30th, first stop Columbus!


From there, we'll head to Louisville, KY and check out the Louisville Slugger Museum, a big deal for baseball fans phans like us. After spending the night, we'll head to Birmingham, AL to check out some cool civil rights history. From there we'll shoot over to New Orleans, LA, where I can remind myself WHY I'm doing this- and I may need it at that point. I'm really excited to show my Dad the NOLA that I know, as he's only been there pre-Katrina. It will be great to drive around to the places that were such a huge source of inspiration for me before we get back in the car for our last leg to Houston!


Once we arrive in Houston on August 3rd, we'll explore my new city a little bit, check out my new house, and meet up with some of the many people that I have been connected to now that I'm moving there. I'm very excited to reconnect with Sr. Mary Brenda, OP, who was a mentor and source of inspiration for me in Kenya. She's now living in Houston working at St. Agnes Academy, and I can't wait to see her again! I feel so blessed that she'll be in the same place as me when I'll need her wisdom the most- I don't know how I would have gotten through my time in Kenya without her. For more information about just how amazing I think she is, refer to this blog post from Kenya. 


That's all for now, folks... better get packing! I am trying to enjoy every last minute of these last two weeks at home, but I should probably face reality soon and get to packing :).