Saturday, July 7, 2012

Day 1- June 30, 2012


Today began very early.  Like crazy early considering the sister and I stayed up talking last night until about 3:30 am.  But I find that when I am getting ready to travel, no matter the medium, sleep does not come easily.  So I was up at 5:00, and then again at 7:30, and then for the final time at 8:30.  I quickly finished my packing (seriously, who actually likes to pack and does not procrastinate it until the last minute?).Then it was on to Omaha to catch my first flight of the day, to Denver, where I had a 9 hour layover.  People watching all afternoon was enjoyable; you never know when someone is going to do something crazy, so you must be vigilant in your creeping.  But it is now about 2.5 hours until I board my flight to Costa Rica, and I decided that I should start a journal about my experiences.  Since this is a bit of a free fall for me (traveling completely alone for the first time), it might sound like I am talking to myself quite frequently in the next few weeks of entries.  Maybe I will post this, maybe not.  I’ll read back through and decide later.  The biggest thing that I am feeling right now is a bit of surrealism;  the fact that I am headed solo for a great adventure is beginning to sink in.  Hopefully, I will be up to the task I have given myself, and I won’t crash and burn.  But with that in mind, I believe that it is better to go down in flames than burn out.  Rubber duck out.

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