Finding My Fix: Chronicles of a Travel Junkie

I’m experiencing a mix of overwhelming excitement and anxiety about this trip that starts in 18 days. I’m going to be alone, all alone, 7000 miles and $1500 from anyone I know. Five months is a long time. So much can happen in five months. What if something bad happens back home? What if something bad happens in New Zealand? What if I can find no one to relate to? What if I get homesick? What if I get hurt? What if I get sexually harrassed the way I do here? What if I become best friends with people there or fall in love? What would I do then; I wouldn’t want to leave? But then also, I’m going to friggin NEW ZEALAND! I have no idea what to expect! I’m simultaneously clenching my jaw and grinning like a madman. So scared, so happy. What a test of patience.

Back in March, five of us went to San Juan, Puerto Rico during spring break because we could for $75 each way per person through Jet Blue. But if you try the same thing we did, be careful because when the airline starts selling tickets, the price begins to rise, so you’re friend may end up paying $50 more than you. Anyway, I’ve finally gotten around to developing these pics as well… [read on]

My friend Kara and I woke up at the crack of dawn during a huge snowstorm a while back in the hopes that we would make it to Central Park before the snow was ruined by footprints. I finally have ... [Continue reading this entry]

It's going to be a while before this trip will start. I figure I'll share a little day trip, you might call it, that I took in New York two weeks before I left. Sunday morning I was feeling depressed and ... [Continue reading this entry]

I promise once I actually start getting some use out of my passport, this blog will become more interesting, but for today... It took three whole days to come up with the title for this blog. Sad, I know. ... [Continue reading this entry]