~sylvanheart

I made it to Australia. This... is hard. I'm terribly person-sick, if that makes sense, as opposed to home-sick, except I won't be getting over this one. Other than that... the birds here are gorgeous and incredibly varied. And I ate Aboriginal style roo-tail in the Outback. Gross!

Well then! I am in New Mexico with the man I love. I spent May in a summer session of school, and June has been mostly here. Sunday I leave him and go back to my home state, to have doctor's appointments and finish packing... and then Wednesday 6am I get on a plane and head out for Australia! whoo! I'm terrified and excited and sad and elated and I want to settle in there and make a new routine. Sorry I haven't been alive here.

Wish me luck!

I should probably mention that next week my classes end, so I might actually have time to show my face around these parts again. I have 362 deviations and 117 messages! ack!

So also, pretty much, I'm in love, and he's made me dinner twice at least and gotten me a dozen daffodils and took me on a backpacking camping trip for my birthday this past weekend (I'm 20!) and we're seriously thinking long-term despite the months of my being abroad coming up. I am so happy that I have been skipping school to be with him and I am now thinking about him instead of my assignment due in an hour and 15 minutes. Having been good friends for 4 years already, we already have the hard part down. We just need to work on being productive as well as ecstatic. haha

Wish me luck on my final projects and exams! I will be back, you guys!

And now I'm not even SINGLE? What?

The timing is so tragic as I'm leaving the country and he's leaving the state for grad school... but it's been there a long time and we're going to see what happens when I get back, and stay in touch (and not be jealous if we meet others) while I'm away. I've known him since 10th grade.

I want to run to his city and hug him. Silly miles. In a few weeks!

IT IS HAPPENING.
Going:
6/25 Columbia - Dallas
6/26 Dallas - Tokyo
6/26-27 Tokyo - Melbourne
No stopovers.

COMING:
11/21 Melbourne - Auckland
11/24 Auckland - Sydney
11/24 Sydney - Tokyo
11/28 Tokyo - Beijing
12/2 Beijing – London
12/3 London - Cairo
12/10 Cairo - Madrid
12/12 Madrid - Athens
12/17 Athens - London
12/26 London - Paris
12/31 Paris – JFK NYC
1/4 La Guardia NYC – Charlotte
with possible add-ons to other places like Constantinople and Rome, and Glasgow, Scotland for sure

It's set in stone.

Thanks to my mother for allowing me to use 140,000 of her airline miles.

I have 200 deviations to catch up with. I am so sorry!