oh. my. gosh. the day has almost come. in just over 10 hours i'll be getting on the first of many planes en route to australia. as far as the packing...it was delayed until last night, and then i fell asleep and woke up when i was supposed to be leaving my house to come to dallas, sooo i frantically packed in just under two hours. pretty impressive for a month-long trip if i do say so myself.
today was christmas for my parents, my brother, our dog, and me, since i will obviously be out of the country on december 25th, and we had a great time hanging out. now it's getting late and i'm still up going over and over all the last minute things, making sure i've got everything covered at least three times. i might be a bit paranoid, but it's a lot easier to get a handle on everything sooner rather than later. and i hate being unorganized in my bags, so i'll be waking up extra early to put everything in its proper travel position.
in ~30 hours (yeah it's a ridiculously long travel itinerary) i will be stepping out into the melbourne sun (or rain, as it's predicted). catch y'all on the flip side, literally. simon shields, do not forget to pick me up from the airport!! :)
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
under a week
"it does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live." -j.k. rowling
when i booked my very first trip, this is pretty much the thought i had in my head. (i also may or may not be wearing a harry potter shirt today..) people talk about traveling all the time, the places they want to see, the things they want to experience, and it all sounds so magical. but it's only a dream if you don't act on it. there will always be things that need to happen at home, at work, things you need to save for, always an excuse to put it off. but for me, the thrill of the adventure is right in there at the top of my to-do list, something i need to survive and to complete me as a person. i need to breathe in the air of a new place. i need to move. i need to experience the unknown.
how can i afford it? i save a lot of my money (relative to the majority of the american population) for travels. i try to cut down my expenses so that i have more to save for traveling. and then when i travel i am still thrifty. my good friend jeff told me that when i had an unexpected expense for my trip to not think of it as "lost money" but rather to think of it as "found fun." and that's exactly what it is. i don't get to travel nearly as much as i'd like but i even saved all my vacation days for a longer trip. it's completely possible if it's something you really desire.
which leads me to the whole point of this post - i leave in 6 days!!! everything i wanted to do this year i will now have completed. on monday morning i will be on my way to adding a whole continent to the list of places i have been. and i cannot wait to see all of my friends in australia and new zealand!! and new year's on the sydney harbour. this is unreal that it's already here when i've been waiting for almost a year. next post sunday night, hopefully i'm packed by then...
when i booked my very first trip, this is pretty much the thought i had in my head. (i also may or may not be wearing a harry potter shirt today..) people talk about traveling all the time, the places they want to see, the things they want to experience, and it all sounds so magical. but it's only a dream if you don't act on it. there will always be things that need to happen at home, at work, things you need to save for, always an excuse to put it off. but for me, the thrill of the adventure is right in there at the top of my to-do list, something i need to survive and to complete me as a person. i need to breathe in the air of a new place. i need to move. i need to experience the unknown.
how can i afford it? i save a lot of my money (relative to the majority of the american population) for travels. i try to cut down my expenses so that i have more to save for traveling. and then when i travel i am still thrifty. my good friend jeff told me that when i had an unexpected expense for my trip to not think of it as "lost money" but rather to think of it as "found fun." and that's exactly what it is. i don't get to travel nearly as much as i'd like but i even saved all my vacation days for a longer trip. it's completely possible if it's something you really desire.
which leads me to the whole point of this post - i leave in 6 days!!! everything i wanted to do this year i will now have completed. on monday morning i will be on my way to adding a whole continent to the list of places i have been. and i cannot wait to see all of my friends in australia and new zealand!! and new year's on the sydney harbour. this is unreal that it's already here when i've been waiting for almost a year. next post sunday night, hopefully i'm packed by then...
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