USA

For dere som ikke har fått det med seg: Vi (dvs Marie Helene og meg) er i USA. Vi har nå snart i 3 mnd planlagt og ordnet reisen og nå er vi her!.

Vi skulle treffe noen venner av meg. For å komme hit vi er nå i Plumtree, North Carolina måtte vil først fly til New York og så videre til Charlotte hvor vi skulle overnatte første natta.

Venner har vi truffet og det fra første sekund. Meningen var å lande i Charlotte og dra til hotellet, men 2 venner stod og ventet på bunnen av rulletrappa og var de første vi så der vi kom seilende nedover :)
Takk til Linda og Rodney for en kjempehyggelig overraskelse.

Etter en natt i Charlotte hvor vi også møtte Cristy, Heath and Alexis samt en formiddag på Corn Mall (digert varehus) var det klart for kjøreturen til Plumtree.

Og nå er vi vel plassert i Toe River lodge, en vidunderlig perle opp i fjellene. Vi ser kolibri (hummingbird), sommerfugler, og jordekorn overalt. og temperaturen er helt topp. Å sitte ute og grille til langt på natt, snakke spise og kose oss det er ferie for meg.

Age

I sometimes find myself  thinkin about all kind of stuff. Last night it hit me: Growing older is not at all a bad thing.
Even though I have 3 kids that love to remind me my age, I myself stopped counting by the time I was 20 (agelimit for buying alcohol, lol)
But the thing is, during the years I have done so many things and experienced a lot and it makes it so much easier to connect with other ppl and it gives us something to talk about.
I have lived all over the country, and I mean literally, from north to south. And I have done all sorts of work from working with children to sit quiet in an office. In other words I am experienced, not old!

I realized that when I talk to ppl we find we have something  in common. Maybe its traveling, maybe its work, maybe its interests. No matter what it is, we find something. Its been like this for years, I just didn't see it.

I still remember meeting ppl just crossing my path, but after 5 minutes really made a difference in my life.
I remember one man I met randomly on the street, he was a tourist and we started to talk and I still remember how he urged me to go my own path and start a project I at that time just had in my head.
If he only knew what his encouragement meant to me at the time.
I cant remember his name, or his face or where he came from, but I do remember his words.

So you see, what u say to ppl and how you meet them can make a hughe difference. I just hope and wish I made a small different in somebody elses life.

Friendship

I have learned distance is no limitation for friendship. After beein rather active on the internet I have found friends and soulmates all over the world.

I have used some of my summer vacation  to visit my friends around Norway. And still it amazes me how we  connect in a sec when its been years since we last spoke or at least saw each other. So Thank you Berit og Hilde for taken me in and spend time with me.
I feel blessed to know I have such good friends.

And now its time for me to visit some even more rare friends. Its the one I haven't yet met, but feel I know already. At least I get to meet some of you. To begin to describe my  excitement is impossible. We have been counting down the number of sleeps left b4 my departure but soon I can start counting hours. To think that I get to travel across half the world to meet ppl I have been talking to for more than 1 year is rather unique.
My daughter have for  a long time longing to travel to the USA and of course she is coming with me.
Our suitcases have been packed at least 2 times already, and its still a few days left b4 our departure.

So if u wanna join in on our journey you r welcome to follow me on this blog.

(any comments on my bad english is not alloud lol)