It begins...

2/24/11

Here I am. Sitting. Waiting. What am I waiting for you ask? Apparently I am waiting for a pair of wings to take me away. Far, far away to a place where I will start a new. I’m scared – not of what lays ahead, but of how what lies ahead will disrupt what lay behind me. My stomach is bothering me. Nerves? Maybe it’s just the pounds of fries I scarfed down before I sat down to write this… oh lord. I’m pissed off at the reception here at LAX! I have only 2 bars. I guess I would find anything to be pissed off about right now… Leaving my Mami was hard. I won’t lie. Ariana also came to send me off; sweet thing. I couldn’t stop the tears as I walked into the bathroom. Man I had to pee. I’m so impressed by the generosity of all my friends and family! I had an amazing last week in the states. Got everything done I could to prepare – I think. Saw most of the people I wanted to. Spent all the $$$ I didn’t want to ;)

I’m already envisioning arriving in Perth and seeing my name on a sign “Nora Pirsch” – I’ve always wanted to see my name on one of those signs. And maybe there is no sign, but it’s good for me to think about what could happen to help keep my mind from going too crazy. I want peppermint ice cream. That Candy Cane Joe’s ice cream was SO good. Wish I could have taken it with me – they haven’t really found a good way to transport ice cream to keep it cold enough. Maybe I should spend some time inventing something like that. Then I would be so smart and someone would want to dissect my brain, like they did with Einstein’s brain. I heard that on a podcast that my Mami and I were listening too last night. The topic was, “Is there a difference between a smart brain, like Einstein’s, and an average brain?” I think the conclusion was no, but I have an average brain, so maybe if I had a super smarts brain I would have gotten more out of that talk. Woah, ok, back to reality…maybe….actually, let’s stay here a moment…..