Day 1 - Sept 1

5:00pm
Ok, now it's serious. Are you kidding me? I can't believe it's time to go. I'm sitting here waiting for my flight, it leaves in an hour and a half. I get to stare out the big window and watch the planes roam around. I just said goodbye to my parents. That was tough, especially since I didn't want to let myself cry because we're standing in the middle of the airport. It's always hardest not to cry when you really feel like you can't. Mom & Dad watched me walk into the terminal until they couldn't see me anymore. They're probably driving back home now, I can only imagine.. poor mom right now, I'm SORRY!! It was tough saying goodbye to my brothers today too, but really, it was hard saying goodbye to everyone. I wish life could just stand still in Canada while I'm gone so that no one will forget about me! Everyone has been so great to me though. THANK YOU for being supportive and encouraging and trying to talk me out of being so scared. (moving on.. gotta hold back the tears.) I know I'm going to have the time of my life, it's just a little difficult to see it right now as I am wandering into the unknown.
This plane ride is going to take FOREVER! I hope I don't end up feeling sick. On our way here there was bad traffic, so for an hour we were stop & go, stop & go in the van. I felt SO sick! All I could think about was how much my motion sickness is going to kick in on the flight. I've got a whole bottle of gravol, just in case.
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I just arrived in L.A.!! The first flight wasn't so bad but my ears hurt pretty badly and I can't hear a thing. I have no idea what time it is!! This time-zone business is kinda tricky. I read half of the book I brought and stayed awake for this whole 5 hour flight so that I would be able to sleep better on the long one coming up next. I'll be in the air now for about 14 and a half hours. I just realized that since it's already dark here and I arrive in Sydney at 6:00am (Australian time) I'm going to be in the dark the whole time! Like we're following the moon or something. That's pretty cool! When the plane took off from Toronto I got a sudden feeling of "Oh damn, there's no turning back now!" That was tough, but now I'm just tired and want to get the traveling part overwith.