Matt's doctoring schedule gave him 4 months off this summer. Knowing from way far out that he'd likely get this break, he started thinking about how to take advantage of it. It's not just a month, where you could go on a really cool travel vacation. It's a long span of time to do something you'd never get the chance to do again. I suppose some people go on to lead exciting and unconventional lives, but yeah, I willingly accept my workaday destiny.
When he posed the question to me, I thought quite a while about it. My company had just switched to unlimited vacations, so I could definitely lobby for a long time away. What I came up with was to go to Thailand to train Muay Thai for a month. It would definitely be cool, and definitely the last time my body could handle that kind of physical wear.
Matt said his would be to bike across the country by himself. To be self-sufficient, to see the sights, to test himself. I didn't bite on it, as I hate camping. The 2 days I spent with my family camping out in the Grand Canyon completely burned me the wrong way. I drove Matt over to check out some bikes, but that was as far as I ventured.
Fast forward a few months, and Matt says he's convinced another NCSSM friend, Gabe, to join him. Gabe couldn't get enough time off to pedal across the US, but was in for a Vancouver to San Francisco trip. Well, I still wasn't thrilled about camping but did get won over through the next few days. I conceded and teamed up. It would be three of us high school friends doing one last insane trip. After that, maybe we really wouldn't get to see that much of each other. We would make it count.
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Keep me in the loop!! I unfortunately am stuck working
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