Approaching departure date

I am now less than two months from my departure date. I will be flying to Costa Rica via Dallas/Ft. Worth on January 7th.

I am nervous about the entire experience, but at the same time I am ready to move on. While living at home has been fine, it is time for me to do something else. I have been working at a local YMCA lifeguarding, which is fine but not what I want to do long term.

In a couple of weeks I have to start the steps to securing a visa, which is my next big challenge. While some steps will be straightforward such as requesting a new birth certificate, I will be working to make sure the steps involving the Costa Rican consulate go as smoothly as possible.

In mid-December I will be finding out where specifically in Costa Rica I will be teaching. I'm excited for this part of it, since I want to know where in the country I will be.

That's all for now. Back to Nanowrimo for me.

First blog post

I have considered attempting to do a blog of my own for a few months. I never felt I had anything particularly witty or interesting to say. While that has not changed very much, I will be using this blog to attempt to keep people informed who are interested in my travels in the next year.

I will be teaching English in Costa Rica for WorldTeach. Anything I say in here is solely my opinion and not that of WorldTeach as a whole.

That's enough for now. I will most likely be writing here to work on developing my own voice and method of writing. This should allow me to read prior posts without wincing in pain. However, since I am not going to actively promote this site for a while, chances are few people will read this.