We'll the journey has officially begun. I landed in Melbourne yesterday in high winds. I thought how shitty it would be if I ended up dying in a plane crash in the last minute of a 16 hour flight. Atleast have it crash during the first hour... Don't leave me high and dry on a plane for 16 hours next to a guy with face melting body odor and 2 shitty movies (Dinner for Schmucks/The Back-Up Plan). I thought movies were supposed to make it go by quicker? I'm pretty sure the script for Dinner for Schmucks was just a thousand pages with paint drying on them.
Met up with James after a few dogs smelled my bags for drugs. We drove through Melbourne and then he dropped me off at his place while he went to work. Extremely jetlagged, I managed to watch the Giants neuter the Cowboys and stay awake. I walked the dog through this wildlife preserve and saw wild parrots. That's when you know you are somewhere good. Instead of rats and pigeons, they have green and red parrots littering their land. I'm crossing my fingers that I see a parrot-rat hybrid come out of their sewers.
Got back from the walk and watched Jeopardy with James' parents while we drank some beers. I felt chuffed (proud) when I answered Jordan correct. Not Michael Jordan...the place with Petra...obviously...(roll eyes). It was 9 pm and I was a zombie. I felt bad because we were watching an extremely depressing documentary on the corruption in China and I was just dosing off. So insensitive... I think I had been up for 24 hours straight but atleast it got me on Australia's time zone. For your information when it's 9 a.m. on a Wednesday in Australia it is 6 p.m. on a Tuesday in NYC.
On a serious note, I feel amazing about coming here. The fear and pressures to stay home and get back in the rat race are gone. I know I made the right decision. Life is about experiences. Life is too short to let the fear control who you are.
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