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It is 6pm and I'm doing it.  I'm actually - right at this very moment - sitting in a chair at the Greyhound Bus Station in downtown Houston, bags packed, ticket in hand, heading to San Antonio.  I have only mentioned this to one person outside of my family.  I'm nervous ... and maybe a little scared.  So far so good, though.  This is a whole new experience for me, but people have been very nice and I'm actually pretty excited.  Who knows what's going to happen there?  Things happen for a reason and I believe that coincidences are just things God has done, but decided not to take credit for.


I am on the bus - on my way!! - and I was lucky enough to get a window seat.  I have met a nice older lady who is sitting next to me and a guy who just got out of jail after 8 years, though you wouldn't think so if he didn't tell you.  (I also met a lady who is a preacher that travels back and forth on the bus all the time.)  I believe that everyone who touches your life does so for a reason and that your life will never be the same because of them.  She and I have had a very interesting conversation about food (she wants to cut meat out of her life so it's funny that she chose to sit next to me) and, with him, we've had an interesting conversation about God and religion.  She is a teacher of religion, he is not sure if he wants to find God because so many people used it in jail.  I don't believe in some of the things she had to say (i.e. that people who are gay won't go to heaven without asking for God's permission), but a very nice lady none-the-less.  Just another 20 more minutes and I'll be at my destination.  The excitement is there - and so is the fear, but I'm not going to let that fear stop me.  I'm also not going to allow any negativity - or worry of negativity - allow me not to be open to the good things that can happen here.


It is 4am and my mom is asleep.  We were up till around 3am laughing and talking.  It feels good here.  I don't know where I'm going to go from here ... or what I'm going to do while I'm here ... but I'm going to enjoy this time.  I ... feel very relaxed here.  It's beautiful ... and peaceful.