@wildmaven I am so terribly sorry for your loss. I can't even imagine how hard that must be.

My heart is with you. ❤️

@Booga Dry humor is, sometimes, the best humor. It does occasionally need some wet humor to wash it down, but it still tastes funny to me!

@Laredo2014 I would say, "Always try to be a better yourself." If I had always been myself, I would still be a Republican.

@Laredo2014 If I didn't laugh about my life, I'd cry. 😅

@Booga Oh, I told the horse joke in a previous message! It wasn't even about Elon!

It was such dry humor too!

It was basically "How does a country girl go from a farm to Twitter so quickly? On a fast horse." I didn't even know the horse thing about Elon Musk was a thing until someone linked an article. 😂

@LlamaMountainStudioArts This looks so amazing, beautiful, and peaceful.

I can't wait to see the results of that labor.

I had a dream of being a stand up comedian, telling oddball stories of my crazy family.

I once tried amateur night in a Canadian comedy club, and got laughs. But I also threw up from stage fright. My future looks bright in the CoSo Comedy Club. Cleaner, at least.😜

Like dry funny stories? I have a lifetime's worth to tell.

Like stories about travel? I have those too!

And stories of my growth from a Republican "truth seeker" to actual listener, and the family's fallout. I have those too.

4. Crime is rare. Most people, everywhere, are super nice and willing to help strangers. You are far more likely to get struck by lightning than be a victim of a serious crime.

5. Cargo ships are much cheaper to book passage on, if you have time and patience. Travel doesn't have to expensive.

6. Use sites like world packer to find your destinations and places to stay.

7. Hostels aren't scary. It's usually normal people traveling or hiking the world too!

Get out there! Find your peace!

Want to travel the world?

Here's some quick tips I have learned about traveling, taught to me by world packers and hikers.

1. Prepaid credit/debits. Card theft is real. Load up 1-2 dozen major name prepaids and leave your actual cards at home. Do this for online shopping too.

2. Burner phones. I've had my phone stolen more than once. Steal my $40 burner phone? No biggie. I got three more.

3. Use a VPN. Sure, they can be super slow, but when you're on some sketch wifi, you'll be glad you did!

@StacyKell I think this is a part of the Gingerbread Man poem that was conveniently left out.

@Zaptrapped It, especially, doesn't help when you cook like a mad scientists. 😅

Less than two days here, and I'm happy I got kicked off Twitter for a horse joke.

@LoreleiMission That is totally my plan when I finish up with work for today. I'm not in America right now, so I'm going to hit up one of my favorite cafes, eat everything, and have to be rolled home by the nose of a bus.

I'm seeing all the messages about the food people are bringing to their Turkey Murder Day tables.

I'm so jelly, because I can't cook, and the only thing I ever brought to the Turkey Murder Day table was disappointment.

My sister never did get Turkey Murder Day revenge on that turkey. It was a turkey with a mission, and a penchant for escape. It eventually escaped into the wilds, gobbling its way to glory.

My brother, fondly, nicknamed that turkey "The Punisher".

Since it's Turkey Murder Day now and Turkey Murder Day Meals are about to happen. I have a funny story to share about my sister.

My family owns farms and raises their own stock, including turkeys.

One day, as we were trying to get a turkey back into the pen. She got tired of chasing a defiant turkey and screamed at it to stop. It did. Then she pointed at the ground like an angry mother and said "COME HERE NOW". The turkey did. I was amazed. Then the turkey knocked her over and gobbled off.

@VirginMaryCandle Thinking about it is the first step to doing it!

@VirginMaryCandle Happy Thanksgiving to you too!

If you're interested in work exchanges, check out sites like worldpacker.com

So many opportunities to travel and do different jobs!

You can even sail the world incredibly cheap by booking passage on a cargo ship. It doesn't have all the amenities of a cruise ship, and you could spend a month going port to port, but you can get to any major port. If you're lucky, you can even work on one doing odd jobs and get paid to travel.

Before going back to work for the day, I want to tell you another funny story about my sister.

My sister is a selfie addict. She doesn't post a lot, but she takes a lot and then sends them, individually, to people.

What's funny about that, right?

Well! She designates certain rooms in every building as "wrinkle rooms".

It's a room where if you take a selfie in, the lighting is harsh enough to highlight all of the wrinkles of your skin.

That is a wrinkle room.

And every house has one.