The first big step...

I have made the first big step in my travels. I bought the ticket. Although technically the first big step was telling work that I was quitting, I feel like that was a big step in moving away from my job, not towards my goal. November 19 is my last day in the country.

Lily and I are going to Japan at first for a layover of a couple days. Check out Tokyo and see how cool that is. I have always wanted to go to Japan, so it was nice that we get to spend a couple of days there and explore. We will be couchsurfing while we are there with an English speaker. I am hoping that he can show us around the town a little. I am also wanting to check out the country side a little bit. As always, the natural part will interest me more, but the city will be cool to check out too.

I was looking up PADI certification earlier in the month and found it to be pretty expensive for something I am not certain that I want to do. I talked to a friend at work and his mom lives in Malaysia and got certified over there. I am thinking that is the best option for me as it will probably be a lot cheaper.

Still getting mixed feelings from the family. And friends which surprised me. Although most of my friends think it's awesome, the more "responsible" ones think I am crazy. Oh well, I have never been considered completely normal. I feel like it is very hard to impossible to explain to somebody why you would do something like this if that person has never wanted to do anything like it before. Some people were just made for adventures and others were made to have their lives cozy. To each their own. I respect that, I hope that everyone else can too.

Next (and last step) is getting the Visas. I am concerned about that slightly, but the Thai embassy seemed like it wouldn't be too much of a problem. (As long as my name is black-listed, Josh Cole is kind of common.)

Talk to you all later.