Pre-Blog, Pre-Study Abroad quick recap:

I was living quite the lovely life in Santa Cruz, California, from 2003-2006. I was studying Environmental Studies and Economics at the University Of California at Santa Cruz, www.ucsc.edu:

I was surfing world class waves:

Enjoying the scenery:
I had this wonderful lass by my side:

I had many members of my family and friends near:

I had two rewarding, relaxing jobs, www.ofrf.org,


I was happy as a clam; a really, really lucky clam...
so I got up and left...


why?