"Feb 17th
I feel like I should write something before I go to sleep. I'm so tired. I think that the title of my first blog is either going to be "No Ferbies Allowed," "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," "The Great Wait,"or after tomorrow prolly "I'm so Sunburnt". I left Detriot at noon and got to L.A. and hour early. I wondered around the airport trying to figure things out. I met a guy who wanted to offer me a meditaion book. That had really creepy picture inside of it. And a lady helped me but only to open a door to ask me for a donation. Eventually, I met Andrea and Trevor. They were the first ACSers I met. Then I met Maddie and her cousin Sarah. Next we got Kelly. After that I started to lose track. I know that Greg and Eddie came next. We left L.A. at 2AM eastern time. After having been couped up inside of the airport all day. The flight was the longest ever! Over 14 hours. I got to sit next to Hannah and April. I slept for most of the flight, but it didnt make a difference with all of the time changing. Everything seemed so sereal. I played Mario for a while. I was afriad people would think that i was a dork for playing it, but it didnt seem to bother anyone. On the way of the plane and older gentle man told me to remember that every Australian was worth .9 of an american. No wait. I think i switched that. either way it was an interesting point to ponder at the time. There's SO much to process. It's like being on overload. We were picked up from the airport and bused to W.I (Wesley Institute). Once we were there we unloaded our stuff and orientaion began. (Which was greatly needed because of all the disorientaion.) Oh! and on the bus ride we were introduced to the drop bear which is a fake creature that drops from trees and attacks Americans. During orientaion, we went on a tour, got a bag with a bunch of stuff in it, had lunch, and got to play a game. They kept us awake so we could get over out jetlag. I've meet a billion people since i've been here. Our host dad, Ross, could come pick us up because he was working so his friend Carrie picked Greg and I up and drove us home. Ross came home about half an hour after we got home. There's so much, but I can't get it all down right now. I'm so tired. Oh well, at least i wrote something. Tomorrow we are going into the city for a scavenger hunt. After that we're going on a cruise. So...yeah. Good Night! Later on I'll prolly wish i had written more, but oh well."
I guess that was a really long journal. Looking back It's amazing how many things are differant now than last year. I never knew so many life changing moments could be packed into 5 months. As anyone who reads my blog knows, I failed at keeping up my my blog last year. I decided that I would go back and write about what i did. I think it will be a good way for me to keep processing my trip. Although part of the reason I'm writing is selfish I hope that at least it will be kinda entertianing to read.
