There's No Place Like Oz

Even an End Has a Start

Written on Thursday, March 25 Tomorrow afternoon I have a meeting with my supervisor. Instead of discussing my mid-year evaluation, I will have to start the meeting by telling her I am resigning. I have written my resignation letter, but I’m not quite sure how to actually begin the conversation. Will I get nervous and […]

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Visa 462

During the last four years as a career counselor, I developed a reputation for being the “go-to” person for any student interested in interning or working abroad. I’m no expert, but with my personal interests, I knew about a variety of visas and paid opportunities. For the travelers reading this post, this is probably no […]

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Everyone’s Irish on March 17th

In the summer of 2003, I was reading an issue of Budget Travel magazine and found a killer deal for a week in Ireland: $399 (pre-taxes and fees) for a round-trip flight from Baltimore, 6 nights in a B&B, and a rental car with unlimited miles. The catch? The available dates weren’t the best. Still, […]

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Planning to Leap

Since announcing my resignation, I wish I had an Australian dollar for every time someone asked me about my plan! It’s a natural question of course and one I would ask someone else in my position. It’s not that I don’t have a plan. I just don’t have one that’s concrete. Set-in-stone. Usually people look […]

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A Few of My Favorite Things

Sports. Eating healthy foods. Baking. Dark chocolate. Survivor and The Amazing Race. These are a few of my favorite things! Recently I watched The Sound of Music for the first time in years, and “My Favorite Things” inspired me to write about a few of my own — things that make me smile, that I’ll […]

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Meet the Londoners

Thanks to Star Wars, I have a fantastic group of friends in London. I don’t remember exactly when Kev and I first met, but we both wrote on one of those online journal sites, and he started reading my posts because I had a Star Wars themed user name, just like him. (Thanks to the […]

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Why I Write

Much to the chagrin of many of my friends, I am a story teller. I rarely give the Cliffs Notes version response to any question. Instead, I provide the back story, side stories, and all of the little tidbits to fill in the gaps along the way. When in full swing, I’m sure my “thinking […]

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Why I’m Not Crazy

I have been a huge fan of Bootsnall.com for years. When planning the first trip to Australia in 2006, the forums were my best friend. Whenever I look into hostels in a new location, I start with the BnA searchable database. I subscribe to several of their e-newsletters, follow them on Twitter, and love to […]

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22 June 2006: Last night in Australia

The first post of this blog is about my last day in Australia four years ago. On that evening, I attended a show at the Opera House with a hostel roommate-turned-new friend. They were showing the Wizard of Oz film, and the symphony played the score live. The following is an excerpt from a post […]

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