Just like that I'm getting slapped silly trying to assemble my meager precious belongings, a few morsels of sanity, and the necessary requirements needed to "lead" rowdy bunches of American students in Australia. Again.
With only a few days before departure I am thoroughly freaking out. Tonight my younger brother is having a party, complete with a massive 25lb turkey! If you are in the neighborhood, stop by. 1133 Mulberry (I think) - red log cabin...cant miss it.
On that note, my brother also shared this quote with me this morning. From a book written by
Kahlil Gibran (author of "The Prophet"):
Here is what he says about madness:www.australianwildlife.org
Madness is the first step towards unselfishness.
Be mad and tell us what is behind the veil of "sanity."
The purpose of life is to bring us closer to those
secrets, and madness is the only means.
I'll go with that.
My first destination is Melbourne, at which point Im to assemble
40 "ruggers" from all over North America and the UK (only nine of
these guys are mine) and line them all up for our mass flight to
Adelaide. As soon as the flying ceases, the driving commences as
I'm going to plant my ass behind the wheel of a Holden Minivan for
our 2 hour journey to our project site. That should be interesting
to say the least. The project is another wildlife sanctuary--which
means Ill have yet another chance to get up close and personal with
a roo!
The Yookamurra Sanctuary can be perused at:
Alright! I have a heap of things to do before my plane leaves Thursday. My phenomenal friend, Holly, has been gracious enough to give me a ride and I am VERY VERY grateful to her for that!
Check in when you can! You can leave a comment here or email me at lakaters@yahoo.com
1 comment:
As a longstanding member of the homebodies association, I just want to sat I'm shocked and disgusted that you're leaving this blessed country to consort with foreigners. For Gods sake Laura, the Australians have bastardized the American language more than the English have. If you go there, you'll just be encouraging them!
If you do insist on leaving the civilized world, I implore you to document it fully on this blog. I want long blog posts and pictures documenting your long painful slide into debauchery and then its inevitable misery. I will use your blog as a cautionary tale, to warn foolish adolescents about all the horrible things that happen as soon as one steps foot outside of the US of A. Please Laura, if you can't be convinced to avert your foolish path, at least use your tragic story to warn the children.
Think of the children. Most people don't realize this, but thanks to fantasy TV shows most children today think the mythical creature 'kangaroos' actually exist in Australia. Please don't encourage these fantastical foolishness. All decent Americans know that there are no (interesting) creatures that don't also share share our great nation, and I have never seen a Kangaroo.
I expect you to use your shiny new camera to document what a desolate, miserable, and lifeless place Australia really is. In fact, in case anyone is foolish enough to feel a twinge of jealousy, I think you should post a lot of pictures online so we can see how little we're actually missing. Perhaps, using something like Flickr?
One last thing, that should change your mind if you haven't totally lost it. You may bitch and whine about living under Bush's domestic policy, but you ain't seen nuthin' compared to his FOREIGN policy.
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