If someone had asked me a few months ago how I would like to spend my summer, if I could do absolutely anything, this would probably be it. I never really thought there would be any way I could have the opportunity of working for an international NGO like Greenpeace this early in my life. And I am completely ecstatic. I know I have so much to learn, and I know I will learn so much. I don't think I have ever before been this willing to jump into something and so open to experience and opportunity. I'm honestly just so thrilled.
Everything is ready to go, except for packing, but that won't start for a few days. I've had a really nice couple of weeks off, getting to see friends on Salt Spring Island again that I hadn't been able to visit with for most of the year, before I take off. If I isolate myself in my own little space and don't think about the rest of the world, about climate change, and about all of the pain and suffering... life is sweet. Life is brilliant. Life is exciting and filled with happiness. But sadly I can't think like that - and that's why I'm doing what I'm doing. Wish me luck. I plan on making this a page-turning adventure and I just can't wait for it to start.
