The First Lines

So, this is my first foray into the blogging world. But it isn’t for lack of good intentions. More than a couple blogs are floating around the blogosphere, titled and formatted, decorated and redecorated, quite ready to be filled with words. I just kept waiting on that first line, on a way to begin, and never quite managed to put any words in type.

What's changed? Well nothing much yet, but a lot is about to. In 26 days (not counting down or anything) I'll be hopping on a plane in Philadelphia to arrive, something like 48 hours later, in Kathmandu. With that I will begin my ten-month stay in Nepal to teach English. This adventure begins whether or not my blog does, so I figured it’s about time I jump in.

The blog is meant to be what the title promises – a place to chronicle my wanderings, put down my experiences in words. And hopefully, it will also be a way to keep in touch with all of you who I won't be seeing for a while!

So here are my first lines. Here begins what I believe will be my thrilled, anxious, curious, silly, confused, serious, bubbly, exhausted, elated, fanciful, sad, happy, frustrated, calm, humbled words as I wander and explore and learn and teach in Nepal.

Hattie