Taking off on a new adventure

Hi, all. David and Jonathon here. We are about two days out from the beginning of our big adventure. David's career at Southwest airlines is five days in the past and we are making preparations for our road trip.

Ok, this is David speaking now. Lots to do. Car repairs. Things to buy. Bills to pay. But I am uncharacteristically calm. The thought of driving cross country with someone I love is a dream that I never really thought I'd realize.

There are so many things I think we each hope to get out of this trip. We will be seeing friends and family along the way. I am hoping to do a lot of writing about the sites, adventures and naturally the good food found along the way. Jonathon wants to do some filming for future projects.

Actually this adventure started a few months ago when Jonathon and I decided to come together and start building our life. We started the process for him to enter the graduate program at UNT and move down to Dallas, and then I received an e-mail that would change our lives. My employer offered a buy-out to its employees. As more information was made available, Jonathon and I determined that this would be a chance of a lifetime. Certainly risky, but a chance to move beyond the grey cube that had come to define my life and make some dreams come true.

Jonathon and I decided together that I would leave my job; go back to school; and try to find a career that we could make a living at and find some fulfillment in.

So here we are. Heading out on the first leg of the great adventure. I am for the first time in my life, taking big chances. But I have faith that the changes that come from this will be positive.