Ups and Downs

Firstly, can I just say that I am way too excited about my trip? Because, I am so excited I think my chest might explode with anticipation before I even get to step foot on the bus.

Secondly, working out is amazing. I can't remember a time in my life when I've fallen asleep easily - except for maybe that summer I bike 2 hours every night and passed out as soon as I got home...Anyway, the point is, I keep passing out each night within 5 minutes of lying down in my bed! By all accounts I should be extra unable to fall asleep because I'm so damn excited about my trip!

Thirdly, I was really worried that time would pass really slowly from last Sunday until next Friday, but, I'm halfway there! Once, when I was in the fifth grade, I remember very clearly sitting in Mr. Darling's room at the end of the porta-pak thinking, 'Wow, in 5 years it will be the year 2000! I'll be in highschool...that's so far off'. And then, like magic, it was the year 2000 and everyone was worried about all the computers shutting down and I remember thinking, 'Weird, it seems like only yesterday it was 1995 and I thought this day would never come'. On Sunday, I remember thinking, 'Fuck! Why isn't it next Friday?! Maybe if I concentrate hard enough, it will be next Friday, just like that time in grade five when I willed it to be the year 2000.

I'm am trying with all my might to will myself directly into a moviesque twirly-kissy meeting at the bus terminal.

As an aside, I think my brain is exploding...there is this vein on the right side of my head that is throbbing like a virgin penis at the Playboy Mansion. My mother needs to not be upset about not knowing if she should paint the bedroom or not. Mom, I don't care what colour the walls are, whatever colour they are now is completely fine.