For this second day of Blogtember, the prompt is:

 If you could take three months off from your current life and do anything in the world, what would you do? 

   Oooo, that's a tough one.  And this blog post is taking an embarrassing amount of time to write because I keep switching things up and changing my mind!  There are so many ways this thing could go.  It's tricky because it didn't say "current job" it said "current life".  So what does that mean, exactly? If I didn't live in Oregon?  If I didn't have kids?  If I wasn't married?   Then that starts to seem too broad....like, anything?  Like, be a rocket scientist, an Olympic athlete or brain surgeon?  As in, I could do anything I want, even if I'm not capable of doing it?  I just start to get a little confused.  Clearly I am over-thinking this whole thing. 

3 months off from my current life, doing anything in the world.......

   After much thought, and coming up with multiple options each too precious to discard, I think I've come up with a compromise of sorts:  Fitting them all into the 3 months.

   For the first month of our journey, we would start off camping our way through the United States in our newly acquired Airstream.  The purpose of the road trip would be to visit as much family and friends as possible in one month's time, while also experiencing all the states have to offer.  Grand Canyon, Times Square, southern BBQ...you get the picture.

   The kids would have no reason to get bored as there would always be something to see out the window as we traveled the good ol' USA.  I'm already salivating thinking of all the festivals and BBQs and small town parades to frequent, not to mention the breathtaking state parks to pitch a tent in, lakes to dip in, fires to build, flannels to snuggle in and stars to sleep under. What more could you ask for?

Well, apparently you could ask for more, because I still have two months to burn. 

   For our next month, we would all be boarding a plane headed for Thailand to do a little mission work.  Ever since attending missionary school there for almost 5 months back in 2007, I have wanted to return someday with my family.  It is a breathtaking place, and has a way of getting under your skin and never really fully letting you go.