Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: anxious
  • Music: Katy Perry, "Pearl."

Packing to flee the country, one bag at a time.

Well, here we go: I am now officially 90% of the way packed for my trip to Australia. My suitcases zip with relative ease. I still need to load up my thumb drive, since The Big Laptop isn't making the journey with me, and I have a few CDs scheduled to be delivered later this week that I'm really hoping to get onto my iPod before I fly, but that's about it. It's all dumping out my purse and finding my spare laptop battery from here.

It's weird to sit here and realize that in forty-eight short hours, I will be on a plane, about to land in Los Angeles, where I'll get on a second plane and begin the long journey to Melbourne. Because it's a night flight, I'll probably sleep for the first five or so hours, then wake up, blink groggily, and start working. That's just what I do on planes. (You think I'm kidding. I point to Exhibit A, Chasing St. Margaret. It's a romantic comedy. About jetlag. I wrote it, primarily, on my flight from San Francisco to London, and finished it on the flight from London to San Francisco. Because I am bitchin' productive when I'm several thousand feet up in the air.)

I have wanted to visit Australia since I knew there was an Australia to visit. To be quite honest, for a long time, I wanted to move there, until I realized a) my friends would miss me, b) quarantine would be hell on the cats, and c) Australia's immigration laws mean I couldn't move anyway. So visiting will have to be enough. I'm a little scared and a little excited and a little totally ready to be on my way, because seriously, I have no attention span and no brain left. It's sad, except for the part where it's funny for people who aren't me.

I will come back with wonderful stories and probably a sunburn, souvenirs, memories, and the strong desire to sleep for a week. Hey, who knows—maybe I'll even come back with a tiara. That'd sure make my mother happy.

Two days to Australia. That's too soon; that's nowhere near soon enough.
Tags: australia makes you die, con prep, in the wild, travel, wild adventures
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georgiamagnolia

August 26 2010, 05:29:51 UTC 6 years ago

Yay! Good luck on catching a tiara and have a safe trip and I am really sad that I just now realized that I should have made you a "St. Sully of the Hudson" talisman for your flight. I take mine (made by a friend from work) with me on flights, it's amusing if nothing else.

Travel safe and have fun and take lots of pictures to show us when you get back! (hey, I like vacation slide shows, what're ya lookin' at me like that for?)

seanan_mcguire

September 14 2010, 16:51:52 UTC 6 years ago

My camera died after I photographed the octopus and the dead kangaroo. So yay!