Firsts

Wow! Finally my first blog! I can't believe I created this blog nearly a year ago and I've just now gotten around to blogging about my "great adventure"! You see, the plan was to chronicle the trials and tribulations of a woman who has decided to chunk her life in the United States to go re-discover herself in Barcelona, Spain! To be honest, I have not had too many trials or tribulations transitioning out of the US but I am under no illusions that there will be a few trials and tribulations when I land in Barcelona. Now the time has come for me to take the leap and I want this blog to be a log of what happens and my experiences; good, bad or indifferent. This blogging experience is a new spin on an old familiar thing for me that I used to love…the joy of writing. I feel rusty and out of sorts about it but also a feeling of joy that as I strip away the layers of my life that the refinishing will include something so simple and rewarding as writing down thoughts, feelings observations and knowing that I have recorded that experience. It makes this adventure that I am undertaking even more exciting. So I am prepared for the hiccups of beginning to write and if you are following me; cut me a little slack when I start to ramble (lol) I will get it together.

I came up with the title for blog s “a girl and her dog” my dog” because when I first got the courage to tell people that I was moving to Spain their reactions ran the full gamit of emotions. Some friends and family were immediately supportive, some said they were supportive but doubt I’d pull it off, some thought I was totally crazy for leaving the comforts of home and others thought I was somehow un-American for wanting to live indefinitely abroad. As I explained all of my reason why to my friends and family my story always ended on "well I'm just a girl and her dog"!