New Beginnings

Tough Decisions

There are going to be several important changes in the next coming weeks. The first being that I am changing the location of my blog. For the past few weeks I have decided that my name “adventures of a nobody” is no longer an accurate reflection of what I am and what I am trying to say. Those who are still interested in following my travels and perceptions should check me out here:




http://observationsofawanderingrambler.blogspot.com/

In other news, I also decided that I will postpone managing the farm here in Balgue. While I know it would be a wonderful opportunity, at the same time I really feel like for many reasons now is not the time to do this. I feel like in this moment in time I have to honor what my trip was all about. Exploring the world and not feeling tied down to anything. Staying here, while being an excellent opportunity and a hell of a thing to put on my resume, I feel like that would be why I was staying. For the bragging rights.

At the end of the day, I feel like in this moment in time I have grown all I can in Balgue. I have seen what I needed to see, met who I needed to meet, and danced when I was not comfortable dancing. I learned more about myself and who I am as a person than I did throughout my university life. And while this was an entirely wonderful experience, pain and all, it was all worth it. I would take every bad day, every good day, and every morning woken up by howler monkeys all over again.

One day, in the near or distant future I may return. Who knows. All I know is that the wanderer in me wants to get out there and not feel tied down to a space anymore. Not obliged to work everyday, not obliged to feed the pigs, not obliged to take on more than I can chew. This trip wasn’t about working it was about living. And I feel like I would be taking on more working than I bargained for.

So I’m going to say goodbye to Ometepe in a few weeks time. I’m going to stay to help with the permaculture course at Cafe Campestre for the next two weeks to absorb what I can learn. After that I’m going to explore this island I’ve called home for the past two and a half months and haven’t had the time to really see. I want to sleep on the Volcano to see the sunset. I want to see the San Ramon waterfalls. I want to go kayaking in the River here to see turtles and crocodiles. Sounds a lot better than feeding the pigs on Saturday, doesn’t it?

Now I just have to start saying goodbye.