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?
I started getting these “Notes From the Universe” emails after my friend Nikki sent me the link and today’s message was one of those “needed to hear” emails. And yes, they could have just sent out one giant mass email to everyone in their database, but when I opened it, I was reminded me of my dear friend Rob’s advice as well. Whether you see … Continue reading Note from the Universe
Or 30 days, however you wish to look at it, we will be in Oz. I wish I could explain my excitement/anxiety but I can’t. One month from today, I will be boarding a plane on a trip of a lifetime with 2 very awesome ladies. I imagine that the only things I will think about for the next couple of weeks will be Aussie … Continue reading ONE MONTH!!!
Last evening, the Boomerang Babes got together to bond and discuss Australia. We’ve discovered that we have enough “travel” to go bags than we will probably need. We all agreed on what adventures we definitely wanted to do, what we could do with out, and set the expectations of the trip. Expectations: do all that we can within the time we have and within our … Continue reading 34 Days…Still Counting Down
On October 17th, I made this Birthday Wish and set up a link but that link failed to work properly due to frames on the site, technical speak, technical speak. But I’ve corrected that, you now can donate to the Birthday Gifts/Donations to Australia at http://sheliataylor.bbnow.org/ Just enter how much you’d like to donate and follow the instructions. It will take you to Pay Pal ant it’s … Continue reading UPDATE: My Birthday Wish