retainers

Here I come India! The day has finally come .. the day I leave to go to India for six months to volunteer as a nurse at Root Institute then travel around India then embark on my backpacking trip throughout SouthEast Asia with a stop over in Korea. The last six months has definitely been the most liberating and the most painful years. But all in all, I feel that everything happened to get me to this point of self discovery and self love. I think during my twenties, the main value I wanted to work on was gaining independence and finding my space and have everyone respect that space. As I'm approaching my thirties those same values do not work. I think that during thirties I will find the value of self love. The last month, I have truly started to feel again, that I am an awesome person and that I can do whatever I want to do. As affirmation that only came from regaining my confidence but also from the abundance of love my friends and family have shown me this past month. I so excited for all of the changes i will be making not only within myself but also to root institute. I will work hard to be happy in this lifetime.

The journey is looking exciting already. On my second plane from london to new delhi, i wrapped my braces in one of the napkin and left in on the food tray. i realized after the flight attendant took my tray away that my retainers were still there. As she was looking through the piles of garbage for my nasty retainers. I got a lil upset when she told me that I should be careful next time and put it in a safe place. no shit.. and of course I didn't want her to go thorugh all that trouble because of my silly mistake and asked that I look for it. I asked that she call me when I could go to the back of the plane and start looking through the garbage myself. I feel good that I didn't lose my braces and that I didn't blow up at her like I would've. I was very tired and cranky from all the traveling and of course I wouldn't want to go through garbage to look for someone's nasty retainers.