FORWARD THINKING

And so today I packed up the majority of my belongings in preparation for my next adventure tomorrow. It's off to New Orleans for the weekend and then Canada for five weeks come Monday. I am excited for the change; New Orleans will be something new and fresh and even though I am going back to Charlottetown it will be totally different and I will have more time there. You know what I am most looking forward to? Rain. In all seriousness I am longing for a rainy day; you know when it pours and you can hear it outside, the cars rushing around splashing about and that fresh smell that lingers in the air. Oh yes, I am longing for rain, nearly two months of sunshine and beaches is more than enough and here's hoping Canada can bring it to me.
Today is also Mexican Independance Day but I have been so precoccupied with organising myself I haven't actually gone out but the celebrations are all this evening so here's hoping for a good time.
Yet again I cannot fit all belongings in one bag; it is the damn paper and books I carry around, too many and too much but I cannot bear to part with any of them, I definitely cannot afford to buy one more thing, not that I have even bought much here, some postcards I am yet to post, two t-shirts and some notebooks (always the notebooks!) Plus I have full size shampoo etc bottles now which is just a bugger I tell you. I am so used to tiny travel bottles I hardly know what to do with these normal ones that take up far too much space in my already swollen bag.
So apart from packing I have spent my day singing along to myself; who can beat a bit of "Across the Universe" soundtrack and Elton John to have a little dance and sing to. Nothing lifts the spirits better than me thinking I can sing. Surprisingly I have become some what teary eyed over the stragest things lately; I found tears in my eyes as I listened to "Hallelujah", "All you Need is Love" and "Let it Be" along with some films and TV Series that I am sure are not meant to make your tear ducts prove their viability but nevertheless I find myself teary to more than just war films now; how my baby sister will ever be able to look at my again after that admission I have not a clue but here's hoping she understands it one day - goodness knows I don't!
I am looking forward to the next part; I can't believe the time has gone by so quickly and soon it will be Christmas 2011 and I will be in New Zealand with a friend from home who I won't have seen in seven months; surreal doesn't cut it I feel. I will also hopefully be meeting a friend from school in L.A in October who I haven't seen in so long so that will also be an interesting experience.
I am concerned about my flight tomorrow what with this cold and my ears playing up again. The flight from San Diego, specifically the decent, was somewhat painful; it feels as though a vessel may burst in my head, it's the tight feeling that knocks me sick. Damn sinus'! Here's hoping I won't be in tears or bleeding from the head when I arrive tomorrow night!