Volunteer Trip to India....My new adventure!!

Hello my family and friends,

     Most of you know, but for those that don't, I love to travel. I have a huge case of wanderlust. I dream about going places and seeing things. One of my main hobbies is reading travel blogs and planning trips that I never go on. Well it's time for that to change.
     As I was considering different trips to work towards, I came across Cross-Cultural Solutions. This is an amazing volunteer program. I have always loved volunteering and service. It is everything I was looking for in a program. The ability to do service and help people, but also experience the culture.
     In April 2016 I plan on travelling to India to begin my new adventure. I will be helping to improve education for children, spending time with the elderly and orphans, or all of the above. Throughout the trip, I will also be updating this blog. You can all follow along on my adventure here.

     I am very excited about this trip and my new adventure in life. I have not fully signed up for a spot, as I am still saving and fund raising to pay the deposit, as well as the rest of the trip. I will need about $6,000 total, to pay for the program, flights, passport, and visa. All donations are 100% tax deductible for US residents. If you are interested in donating, donations can be sent to

Shelby Morey
PO Box 36
Westfield, IA 51062

OR
https://www.gofundme.com/shelbytravels

This is my gofundme page for this trip to collect donations online.

 Any updates on anything, I will be posting. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Any little bit will help.

Love,
Shelby

Time for a change

Hey all!!

I realized it's been a good year since I've written anything on here. So here it is! Finally an update!

Many things have happened since last I updated about my Half Marathon trip. In the past year, I unfortunately stopped running after finishing the half marathon. :'( I am still working at Target and still loving music and movies. I've also had a couple of different hair colors. Which I have loved. I'm sure there will be plenty more to come. 

My Elsa Hair

Purplish Pink

Blue

Blue again

Which color was you guys' favorite?

Other than my crazy hair......

        Unfortunately, since I stopped being so active, my knee problems have come back full force. In November, I almost dislocated my knee, thankfully didn't, but did strain all of the tendons in my knee. Since then the pains have been getting worse. I went to the Doctor and she put me back into Physical Therapy. I went to my first therapy session on Friday. The physical therapist came to the conclusion that we have to re-strengthen the tendons in and around my knee, my quad muscles, and my hip so they can all keep my knee more on track. If I don't then I'll keep having almost dislocated knee incidents. Hopefully physical therapy works for me like it did last time I went through it. There is a chance that the tendons in my knee could be damaged from almost dislocating it one too many times. If the therapist comes to the conclusion that I'm not making much progress muscle strength wise, then I will have to go to an Orthopedic Surgeon, have an MRI, and depending on what that shows, possibly surgery....we won't know for a while, while I go through therapy. But hopefully therapy is all I need. 

I have come to realize that when I am not at all active, outside of work and everyday life, that is when my knee problems flare up. SO I have decided to make a big life change.....Get healthy, active, and fit/in shape. I have put another goal in place of running a RunDisney Half Marathon again. We'll see if I am able to do it next year, I know it'll be very hard work. I am starting even farther back then I did last time, but it will be worth it when I cross that finish line once again. I am also working on loosing weight, working out, eating better, and getting a lot more fit and muscle. Since I will most likely need to stay active for the rest of my life, to try to keep my knee pain in check, I might as well start now. I'm really looking forward to this journey as I try to change my habits. I know I'll feel better and think that I'll feel better about my body too. I know that it will be really hard, but very much worth it. It'll be worth all of the pain and suffering, all of the sore muscles and aches and pains. 

Other than all of that uber exciting stuff, not a ton of stuff has been going on. I'm just trying to live life, be happy, and take one day and one step at a time. I know all of my struggles with be worth it and better someday, I just have to keep going and moving forward.

If any of y'all have any questions on anything I wrote on here, feel free to ask!

Much Love,

Shelby <3