Wikipedia describes the term "Dog and Pony Show" as referring to small traveling circuses that tour through small towns and rural areas.
When I try to imagine what life way over there in Singapore is going to be like, I can't help but picture Christian, Pheebs, and I weaving through tiny foreign streets on a bicycle made for three, all of us with our own bag fashioned out of a red handkerchief tied to a stick, bobbing and doping our way through mishap after misfire. One of us will undoubtedly get busted for gum (probably Phoebe). Locals looking to haze the new guys will serve us chicken feet and laughter will ensue when we end up licking our plates clean. I'll get lost but end up finding the perfect mom and pop shop where I'll return week after week and learn Malay in exchange for sharing our stash of Sonoma wine.
Even with all this newness ahead of me, even knowing how great a sacrifice leaving our beloved family and fabulous friends is truly going to be, and even fully realizing that this excursion will indeed include some culture shock; I still can't wait to get this whole shebang started. I'm sitting here at the tail end of September and I can already visualize December. Maybe we'll be in Bali. Perhaps Hong Kong. Hell, let's just call it Goa. And then I see past that into the Spring and on into the Summer when we're getting married. I'M GETTING MARRIED! I will become my best friend's wife. Is it even fair to feel so lucky?
There will no doubt be hardship. There will no doubt be tears. But there will also be stories to fill a lifetime and experiences that only come from taking a risk and sharing your life with people you never would have known had you not put yourself in a position to be vulnerable. If you're reading this, you're probably wondering what in the world we've been thinking. Well, we wonder too, but I hope you also know that we made this decision to not only better ourselves, but better ourselves for each other and for all of you.
I hope you'll come back here often and share in the stories of our own little traveling circus. The worse that can happen is adventures!
