JOURNEYS - THE NIGHT BEFORE

Thursday, January 15, 2009 2:30:30 AM

Sooo the night before my plane ride to Israel, I had an anxiety attack! No surprise there, I always get some form of anxiety before I go on planes (It’s the prep and the freaking out about said prep, not the planes themselves) and this time a lot was going wrong, but it could have waited one gorram time! Hence, I stayed up all night. Part freaking, part manic hyperness, part thinking “DAMN! I’m freaking out and staying up all freaking night! Disastrous consequences!” I’m having a hard time being freaked out right now however, as I am repeatedly listening to “Here Comes the Sun.” Yep, I’m hyped up on The Beatles. Most everyone knows I am not a freaking morning person but when I stay up all freaking night? Let’s just say I’m perkier than 4 cups of caffeinated coffee would make a person. BOUNCING off the walls. WEEEEE. Yep. Are you scared yet? Yeeeeeah…

Backtracking a bit, when I say a lot went wrong, I mean: omg, I can’t find stuff! I don’t even know where to START finding stuff! Shit, there’s not enough room in my suitcase…I rearranged things and there’s still not enough room in my suitcase! Wait, here we go - everything fits! Oh wait, except for those pieces of clothing on my bed…Damn! That’s ok, I’ll put them in my carry-on. Damn, there’s not enough room in my carry-on for my books and stuff! And what about souvenirs?!? Ok, let me ask my trip supervisor if we’re allowed a personal bag as well. Crap, it’s 1 am. I’ll have to call her later. Oh crap, where’s that thing?! And that other thing!? Charge my batteries…ok…What? This one doesn’t work?!? *Deep breath* It’s ok, I’ll borrow one and charge my others. God, it’s 3:30 am. Weeee. *moment of insanity* Okay. Now. OH GOD STUFF!!! Where’s my stuff?!? And so on and so forth. It goes on for a while, but you get the gist.

Now I am perky (It’s freaking me out just being this perky). Oh well, at about 1 or 2 in the afternoon (I’ve had experience with this) I’ll conk out. I’ll wait a little bit - I can sleep on the plane. *shrugs* So I’ve sobered up a little now. And I can’t wait til Israel. It’s gonna be awesome. So, yeah, breathing is good, fun is good, and sleep is good. I think I’ll do all 3!