Time is just blowing by like a Kenyan in a foot race and with every day that passes I go into a little more shock about my big move. Most people don’t do this kind of thing unless they are a) in a college exchange program; b) sponsored by a company that is offering a fantastic job; or c) madly in love with a foreigner and getting married.

Not me.

I’m going to Ireland because I want to put myself in a new environment, somewhere fascinating and unfamiliar, a place that I’ll grow into. Mind you, I’m doing it legally (I have an incredible paper trail to prove it) but without the reassurance of a sponsorship or husband or anything of the sort. While I do have a wonderful group of Irish friends who I will be depending on quite heavily for the first few weeks, I am determined to carve out a new life for myself there, on my own.

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Though I’m not in Ireland yet, I decided to start posting here to get a jump-start on my new blog. In exactly one month, I will arrive in Ireland, full of nerves, hope and promise (to get the quick story on why I’m moving go here). In the meantime, I am busy preparing for the big move.

One thing I am desperately trying to do is use up all of my pantry food. While I’ll ship a few boxes of spices and maybe even a canned good or two, it’s not feasible to send things like flour, sugar and baking soda so I’m putting them to good use by baking up a storm in my soon-to-be ex-kitchen. Today, I used up all of my agave nectar, a good portion of flour and all three brown bananas that were dying a slow death in my fruit basket.

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