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jungle, sugarcane and ocean A few minutes after midnight and I feel like talking or maybe just writing. I keep saying that reality has yet to catch up with me, but that isn't completely true. The past two weeks of my life were just as real as any other weeks in my life. The only difference was that I was happy for the first time in a long time. I was free to experience something new in life. Work and all of the mundane things that come with it were far far away. Okay, I can hear people murmuring isn't that the reason that people go on vacation. Don't people want to get away from everything? Yes, they do, but for me it reminded me that there are other options in life for me. My current job is not the end for me. I can escape. There are so many other jobs and places that would be so much better for me. I just need to keep looking. Personally I would rather spend the rest of my life looking than settling for something less. Australia also had a major impact on my sister. At the moment she is convinced that she is going to go back there to live and work in Sydney. While part of me can admire this plan, I also know that she really hasn't thought out too many of the details yet. For example, she was completely unaware of the concept of a work visa before I mentioned it to her and she has yet to live by herself here in the United States. Living abroad would be a drastic leap her and I'm not so sure that she is capable of doing it. Besides my parents say that she has a new plan for her life every few days. About all that she has worked out right now is four swimsuits to alternate wearing on Bondi Beach. Ouch, that was harsh, but also partly true. She may be bright, but she is anything but organized. Most of our trip was set up by me and she simply followed my lead. I did, however, do some things that she wanted to do that really didn't interest me. It wasn't just my vacation. I wanted her to have fun too. ... During my brief time in Australia, I gained a fascination if not outright admiration for James Cook and what he accomplished when he was alive. We don't have people like him anymore. About as close as we get would be the first astronauts. So just as I did with them, I want to read as much as I can about him. ...
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