Its Time To Fly

I signed up for my first ever 5k last night! Its the Color Run (google it) and its supposed to be the happiest 5K.  I am excited but also nervous about it because currently my running is obsolete.  In 96 days I will say that I have completed one thing off my bucket list: to run a 5k.  My brother says that exercise can raise the body's levels of endorphins or the happy chemicals.  Goodness knows I need to be happier in my life.

I also think I know what my next 5 year plan is: to save enough money to travel.  If I end up going to professional school, obviously that money will go to schooling.  However, if I have the chance, I would like to break my fear of foreign places and travel.  The reasons why I don't want to go anywhere is trifold: I don't know what my parents would say, I am afraid my dietary restrictions would be compromised, and the level of safety for me to go abroad.  As a woman, stories about unfortunate incidents of mugging and rape even ( I attend a lot of women's awareness since I volunteered at a child slavery organization).

That being said, I really want to go traveling. Who wouldn't? Maybe I could scrape up enough money and work abroad in order to achieve this goal.  Until then, I'll be here, getting schooled in the art of science and applying to jobs.