Location: Holsworthy, NSW, Australia
I am sitting in bed at the moment, tired as anything but unable to sleep. I am crippled with excitement and anxiety as I think about the endless possibilities, good and bad, that I may or may not be confronted by during the next six months.
Tomorrow (well, today) is August 31 and I can smell the air-conditioned atmosphere of the plane already. I will embark on a journey I have waited two years for - a journey inspired by Kerouac novels and all the arthouse films I used to watch when I thought I was some progressive, mature teenager. In all honesty, it felt like the journey started in May when I started working again. But now, the real beginning is here...
I will be heading to the United States of America and as stoked as I am about finally getting my shit together and going, I am still so scared about leaving home on my first big trip alone. I have been on more than eight planes in my life but I have never traveled further than eight hours away. Tomorrows flight is thirteen hours to Los Angeles, four hours in transit at LAX and then another four hour flight to Chicago. So yeah, I'm having minor heart palpitations here.
Also, I mustn't fail to mention that I've only ever lived out of home for about a month and that was about half an hour away from my dads place so I don't exactly know what I'm doing. But I'm going to pretend I do. The thing is I have such an affinity with the poorly designed roads of Sydney and its unreliable public transport and for the past few weeks, it's been beautifully sunny and glowing. The closer the date and time comes for me to jump on a plane, the more I love Sydney. But it's time for me to test my limits.
Anyway. if you haven't already figured it out by now, this is my travel blog. At this stage, I don't know how frequent postings will be but for the sake of fulfilling curiosities and personal gain, I sure do hope I'll have a lot of stories to tell!
Stay in touch and let me know if you're Amreeka-bound: stono[dot]caves[at]hotmail[dot]com
-S
Venetian playwright Carlo Goldoni said 'A wise traveler never despises his own country.' Leaving should make your heart ache, it'll make coming back sweeter. This is something you have to do, and even if it doesn't go according to plan, you will never regret it. Besides, Sydney will always be here to welcome you back - sunny and gorgeous as ever. Promise. So go, live the crazy life, I can't wait to hear all about it!
ReplyDeletei'm so excited to be reading about all your adventures, stoney! xo
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