soon

My plane takes off in 28 hours.

I visit my grandmother in 24 hours.

I hug my father goodbye in 23.

I wake up tomorrow in 17 hours.

I go to sleep in probably 12 hours.

I (hopefully) know everything I'm taking in 3 hours.

My laundry gets done in 1 hour.

On Tuesday I will be further from my place of birth than I have ever been.

I have little anxieties about the trip here and there, like about if I get a tooth ache or mugged or whatever. Maybe they're nothing to worry about.

The other day I figured out how I can use the subway system in Vienna to get from the airport to my Hostel. I love subways now--public transit is so liberating. I want to say that it's even more than a car, because you still have to take care of the fact that you have a car when you use it-- parking, insurance, gas. Subways cost more per mile, but you don't have to travel as many miles when you're somewhere that has them, and I rather do that than look for parking any day.

I'm not looking forward to how long tomorrow will be, both in Wisconsin, and up in the air. This will be the longest I've ever had to sit in place-- I hope international flights have more legroom than domestic.

I hope I'm sitting by someone nice. I was really fortunate on my trip back from Madison. This cute girl from DePaul sat next to me. She was timid, and overly polite always apologizing for talking about herself whenever the conversation drifted toward her, things like that. Toward the middle of the ride she's telling me she wants to hang out next time I'm in Chicago. We exchange information, and now we keep in touch through Facebook. I wish that could be every day.

I'm drifting.

Later.