Channel the Yoda

Saturday, February 25, 2012

EIGHT DAYS...(a week!)

8 DAYS UNTIL IRELAND!

Lying in bed.
Couch actually.
Tired.
Immovable.
Some might say.

Laundry to do.
From Chicago.
Yep, that long ago.
And time
is
zip-zip-zipping...

8 DAYS!
Sick
I can't be
So I bought
Vitamin C,
Multivitamins,
Airborne (LIFE SAVER!)
Ensure for the Tummy
Troubles
Which is hindering
My movement today...

Trying not to think
About packing
Though it's fun
And I have
RAINBOOTS!
And ideas
of what I want to shove
into my TWO bags!
Like toilet paper.
That's a must.
Cause you don't know
Where you have
to pay. (Chile)

GF Snack bars
to save money
Shoes and clothing
that can be tossed
along the way
Flip-flops for
Strange showers
3 books
2 to bring back
1 for hostel sharing
That's how you
Make friends!

Money is finally solid
Figured out
No real worries.
Keep it
on the Skint,
The down low
And I can breathe
And stop working
as much, Perhaps
Naw...?

But relax...
I SHOULD BE
RIGHT NOW
NERISSA!
Cause I'm anxious
That's
ME!
Anxious Annie
Yippie Yelly
Bloated Betty
Of course 
That's the tummy talking!

In 8 days
It's Goodbye USA
And 3 weeks of
Hello Good Ol' UK!

Sunday, February 19, 2012

I'VE BEEN LOST, NOW I'M FOUND

It's been awhile since I've written to you

So much has happened
Time has passed quickly
10 shifts left to work
Until I leave
For the Emerald Green
Isles that is...
(HELLO IRELAND!)

I went to Chicago
Hit a bumper
In traffic
While reaching for
the best CHICAGO MIX POPCORN
In the world!
(Thank you GARRETT'S)

Relaxed at DICK'S
LAST RESORT
After a stroll to
MILLENIUM PARK
Where I took a pause
From it all
Let the world in for minute
And breathed

Cause I've been
Missing that
Been tight
My brain
For a month
Or so
Constricted
By tunnel vision
swirling, twirling
dizzying
engulfing
visions of
dancing dollar signs
And tables to
wait on...

See
To get there
Travel it is
Takes
Well
You know.
Money.

Money takes work
Work takes time
Time is well,
SHORT!

I make it work
Because it's my passion
(travel that is)
I work to make it
But I sometimes
Get lost
"In my mind"
And I let it eat
At me.

But at that moment
Staring at the skyline
of the "WINDY CITY"
With the nickname Windy
still up for debate
(FIRE, LAKE OR HOGS...YOU CHOOSE)

I calmed down
I smiled
I let the structure
I've been enforcing
On myself
Melt away
I didn't wish
For anything
To happen
Or not happen
Be over or through

Instead I strolled on
Laughing and prancing
talking
Future ideas
Of where to lead
the lives...

South Africa?
Belgium?
FRANCE?!
(I will wear pants--and prance!)

Lives lived in forward motion...
And damn it felt good.
Excited for the future
YES I AM!
While embracing the now
TRYING AS HARD AS I CAN!

Cause it's short
Even when it's long
No looking back
With wonder or wish
Just a smiling nod
"yeah I did that..."