The Adventures of Peg

Monday, July 25, 2011

Posted by Peg at 9:52 AM

Peg: "Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it." Sage advice from Ferris Bueller. It was a good excuse for him to ditch high school for a day. It was a good enough excuse for me to buy a one-way ticket overseas for my 38th birthday. Here's my story.

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