Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Europe Bound and Down
The time is fast approaching. It is officially Wednesday June 23 in the Eastern Standard Time zone (No Daylight Savings in the Hoosier state, like the good Lord intended). I officially have one day left till I leave this home country of mine, the good ole' US of A and head across the pond to the land of tea, crumpets, and those crazy queens guard guys with the big furry hats. Yep Jolly old England. And I still don't have anything packed....
It's sort of in my nature really. I just couldn't plan far enough ahead to start packing for a trip that will last nearly a month and a half on the other side of the globe. I'll hopefully start tomorrow. If not, maybe early on Thursday before the flight leaves.
I'm also going to have to leave with out my computer. I haven't been away from that for this long in my entire life. I'm taking the approach that I'm on vacation. It's all part of my Summer of Marc philosophy.
This philosophy, which was actually born last summer and revised this summer into the Summer of Marc, Part Deux, is that I will start to try new things. I have a certain comfort zone that I really enjoy being in, and I don't think that there is anything on the surface that is wrong with that. But, of course, there was nothing fundamentally wrong with communism on the surface... So anyways, I have taken to the mindset that I will try new things even if I don't feel overly comfortable doing them at first.
So the point of this post, in the beginning at least is that I'm leaving the freakin country in less than 48 hours and I haven't even started packing yet. Am I nuts? Probably.
It's sort of in my nature really. I just couldn't plan far enough ahead to start packing for a trip that will last nearly a month and a half on the other side of the globe. I'll hopefully start tomorrow. If not, maybe early on Thursday before the flight leaves.
I'm also going to have to leave with out my computer. I haven't been away from that for this long in my entire life. I'm taking the approach that I'm on vacation. It's all part of my Summer of Marc philosophy.
This philosophy, which was actually born last summer and revised this summer into the Summer of Marc, Part Deux, is that I will start to try new things. I have a certain comfort zone that I really enjoy being in, and I don't think that there is anything on the surface that is wrong with that. But, of course, there was nothing fundamentally wrong with communism on the surface... So anyways, I have taken to the mindset that I will try new things even if I don't feel overly comfortable doing them at first.
So the point of this post, in the beginning at least is that I'm leaving the freakin country in less than 48 hours and I haven't even started packing yet. Am I nuts? Probably.
