Date written: 12.18.11 AUS I’m somewhere on the Pacific Highway. We just left Buladelah to stretch our legs and to get out of Gordon the Campervan. He smells of stale cooked fish. It’s not so bad after your nose adjusts to it but then a reminder will hit us just to remind us of Smelly Ass Gordon. BTW that’s our given name to him. He … Continue reading Somewhere Out There
Date in AUS: Dec 18th Time: 10:56 pm Port Macquarie was very nice and as peaceful as it was…I didn’t have to stop there. It just wasn’t my scene. Right now, we are at a campervan spot and it brought back instant childhood memories of when I lived in GA in a campervan (that would be a camp site or camp ground in the US). … Continue reading Thanks for the Memories
It’s 12:55 pm here in the US. I am 15 hours ahead in Australia. By the time this actually posts, I will have already celebrated Lek…my mom…in Australia. Hopefully, it will have gone as planned. Watch the sunrise over Bondi. I won’t actually know since I’m writing this post before I head to Australia. Today though, no matter, where I am or what has or … Continue reading Celebrating Lek
I’m sitting on the beach…BONDI BEACH… @ 938 pm… I think the girls and I have had our 1st unofficial fight which wasnt even a fight. Weird I know Also forgive the spelling…I just did 2 back to back shots which were WONDERFUL – vodka and pear and vodka and passion fruit(?). Who knows? Who cares? And do you know what’s fucking amazing…the night sky. … Continue reading Life…Drunken…
Time: 3:45 am SYD 12.15 | 8:45 am LA 12.14 Altitude: 33999 ft 1st pardon typos. 2nd pardon any mispellings. I’m on a plane with 5 1/2 hours of flight time left, but by the time this posts it will be after we land in Sydney. The group is doing well. We’ve slept, ate, seat dance party, silently lip synced our favorite songs, laughed, and … Continue reading Somewhere Over an Ocean
Landed in ATL Statement of the day/hour/moment…”I gotta pee.” We got thru security but all of our ETAs had problems. Suzanne & Heather @ check in mine at the boarding gate. But we all passed security and we are all on board the flight to ATL. Heather is in 17C I’m in 18D Suzanne is in 20E. I can hear Suzanne chatting it up to … Continue reading CLT to ATL
In a few short hours, I’ll be on plane heading to the far side of the world. I’m still worried I don’t have enough money, but as Jimmy Buffett sings…“breathe in, breathe out, move on…according to my watch the time is now…” All I have is now. Not the what ifs of tomorrow or the mistakes of the past. The time is now. That is … Continue reading The Time is Now
Holy. Shit. Balls. We leave in less than 48 hours. Yes, on Tuesday at 5PM, Shelia, Suzanne and I will be on a jet plane, heading to Australia. I am almost completely packed. My mind is going a 1000 miles a minute and I can’t sleep. Which is why I am writing. I am beyond nervous, extremely anxious and super duper excited. We will be … Continue reading 48 Hours
2 days…until Australia. It just seems like yesterday I was day dreaming and applying for an ETA. As I sat on the phone with Heather, discussing things we’re packing and not packing, we both were kind of like…2 days. I got off the phone with her and packed but needed a mental break so I watched The X-Files. The episode “Audrey Pauley” hit a little too … Continue reading Ça va (It goes)
I get that question a lot? Why do you want to go to Australia? My first response in my head is, “Why the hell not?” Then followed by my real answer, “I’ve been dreaming about this trip since I was 18 yrs old. I’ve always said, I’ll do it when, and in January of 2011, I said fuck it. When is now.” Why, when I … Continue reading Why Australia?