At this point in time, I’ve been on this journey for two months. And for the first time in two months, I actually have a plan for two months out.

If you’ve known me for more than a minute, you probably know that I like plans. And structure. And being in control of everything that happens.

For the past two months, all of that – those comforts – have been more or less absent from my life. I have been at the mercy of the weather and other people and the efficiency of Wifi in coffeeshops, AirBnBs and breweries. One morning, I woke up without knowing where I would be sleeping that night. Being flexible has taken on a whole new meaning!

And even though I have the next two months planned (what?!?), I know that the day-to-day within these months will require that same flexibility. I’ll be taking groups of students on hikes to find mushrooms. We’ll talk about pond ecology. There will be team-building games on a low ropes course.

But as much as I plan and prepare and even though I could read through an entire field guide, there will be days when it rains. There will be kids who refuse to participate in team-building games. And someone might have an asthma attack or go into anaphylactic shock (I went through first aid/CPR training the other day and I’m still shaking off the “worst case scenario” mentality.)

The next two months will be look completely different from the last two months. But they will continue challenging me to be more flexible and remain open to learning, growing and experience life in new ways.