Oh wow, I lost track of this thread. Thank you for your replies.

I've only been outside of the US twice, once to an Island in the Caribean and once when I walked accross the border into Mexico. I wanted to travel abroad in college, but couldn't afford it. My friends went to places like Spain and Australia and came back with great stories.

I never got to go like they did, but I still want to travel and have those experiences. It's not that I'm running away from something so much as it's "I'm still young and the clock is ticking..."