today i don't live in orlando

said goodbye to lots of folks. missed out on saying goodbye to a few. filled w/ nausea and excitement and weirdness and contentment. but let's talk about getting me here yesterday... it was one of my more eventful flying days. i've discovered 2 things i really don't like to hear... wait - 3 things.

1. your plane is delayed due to inclement weather (underlying don't say it - so we'll board you 30 minutes late and then keep you on the runway for 45 minutes before you take off while you're in the middle seat, back row... then fly out an hour and a half late)

2. are you sure you're on this flight? (when you have 10 minutes to get on the flight bc you're last plane was so delayed that your hour and a half layover is now 20 minutes and you have to go into speed race mode to get to the other terminal) yes i'm sure... oooh - here you are

3. will you switch seats with me? it's my wife here. - where are you sitting? -- there - and my head shifts slowly to the left to see -DA-DA-DA a MIDDLE SEAT! nooooooooooo. so, i have a choice to be miserable for 6 hours or to be the bad guy - neither option looks good. 

but i found a perfect window seat with no one in the middle so me and some guy lived it up with space. 

us air was exciting to fly bc they have moooovies - but not if your earpiece on your chair doesn't work. so sleep and books - that's what you do.

and then my bag didn't make it. lame.

but i'm in san diego with my fidgety nephew currently. :) and all is well. training is in 4 days. and i'm ready to not be a floridian. life is good. 

la TI daa

i'm 23. i felt uber celebrated this year... thanks to those who came and surprised and planned and talked and drank and danced with me saturday. and thanks to all who bowled. and thanks for helping me ring in a new year.

i have no belongings left in orlando - they are all in piles in jax - and are kind of stressing me out. people are asking how i feel, etc... i feel emotionally ready. physical elements of packing and having the proper sized luggage and saying goodbye to people, etc - that's where i'm not so sure that i'm ready.

i'm much closer to raising support thanks to my sister. that was maybe the biggest relief and confirmation of the semester. 

i bought my flight to cali - i leave in 12 days. no way is this real. i feel pretty calm. and i'm enjoying my family and my amazing nephew and laughing uncontrollably and praying my car sells for $5000 - HA- miracles can happen, right?