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Flight Hell

Monday, December 25th, 2006

GriswoldsIf I die and go to hell, this is what it will be like:

* Losts of WASPS (the bugs, not the people)
* New York YANKEES baseball
* BEANS. Nothing else to eat, and
* My flight from Little Rock to DFW

Between the kid kneeing me in the back the ENTIRE time and sitting behind the Griswolds with the sick teenager, it really wasn’t much fun. At least the sick girl was quieter than the other 3 teenage girls with matching headbands and more bling than Paris Hilton. I guess they haven’t seen Blood Diamond.

Oh, and hell is a thirsty place. We didn’t even get the ole’ juice and water beverage service.

We were delayed in Dallas, but I have no preference of whether I sit in DFW or LAX for an hour as long as I (and my gear) make it in time for the Sydney flight.

– Carrie

Are We There Yet?

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

Heath LedgerI guess I owe you some explanation on the blog title. Heath Ledger probably deserves some explanation as well, considering we don’t even know each other – yet. Here’s the background: Last year I took my annual see some place foreign and therefore cooler than my hometown trip to Peru. I named my blog I’m Not Going to Get Robbed, I’m Not Going to Get Robbed, I’m Not Going to Get Robbed and as you can probably guess, I got robbed.

So this year I decided to go the opposite direction with my trip to Australia. Rather than focusing on the absolute worst thing that could happen, I’m going to focus on the best. I mean, obviously my blog names have magic super powers and tend to come true so I wouldn’t be at all surprised if I did in fact meet, fall in love with and marry Heath Ledger during my two weeks down under.

We take off in 5 days. Me from Little Rock, Arkansas and Elizabeth from Memphis, Tennessee (although she’s a bean town resident). Am I ready? Hell no. But I’m confident I can get my stuff together at some point in the next few days if I lay off the eggnog. Cross your fingers that we’ll find a WWoof host in the coming days, as that’s a pretty important part of the trip.

– Carrie