Last week was a whirlwind of emotions. I was both excited and nervous about my upcoming road trip, stressed about packing up my house to leave everything in storage, and starting to wonder what the heck I was getting myself into. I’m still excited and nervous and still wondering what the heck I’m doing, but that’s ok. My mom took this picture of me this morning right before I left and my face says it all.

As I was driving to Biloxi, MS, I caught myself starting to make a mental list of the things I want to think about on my long drives and the things I want to discover and decide about my life. Classic Priscilla. A few hours in and I was already trying to make my drives productive. I kept reminding myself that I don’t have to think about anything on this trip. I don’t have to learn anything. I don’t have to decide anything. I don’t have to become anything or anyone. I just need to be. All of the above will likely happen anyway, without me trying to force it by adding them to my to-do list, but if nothing happens, if I don’t change one bit, that’s ok too.

After all of that, I make it to Biloxi! My cousin, Luis Alberto, showed me around and taught me how to eat crawfish. I didn’t know anything about Biloxi before today, but apparently it’s like a mini Vegas. They have a lot of casinos and people come from all over the country to gamble.

Biloxi is a quick one night stop and tomorrow morning I’m heading to Atlanta.