I woke up at 7 this morning, well, I didn't really
wake up, I just rolled out of bed (I was never really asleep),
showered, went down stairs and caught the National Express bus
(8 pounds) to Heathrow. I just really wasn't in the mood to
deal with rush hour tube traffic. It took about an hour to get
to Heathrow, and almost an hour to get checked in, so leaving
at 7 in the morning for my noon flight was smart. The entire
flight, I sat next to a stinky guy with bad teeth and feral
breath, it was so gross! Especially when he dozed off and kinda
leaned over on me. At least the food and the 4 movies I watched
were good? Arriving back home in the states, I had to go through
customs. and about 4 hours at LAX before I could catch a 20
minute flight back to San Diego. After a full day of travelling,
I finally arrived home, minus my luggage, not that I cared...
My trip was over, Stacey was gone, and I started work on Monday.
Real life sucks.
Epilogue:
Well, If you're reading
this, then you've probably read through twenty-some odd days
of me moaning and whining also. Congrats ;) You made it. This,
was a trip, or rather, a Holiday of a Lifetime, and it was a
pleasure to be able to share it with you. Not only was I able
to see all those things that you keep hearing about all throughout
school, but I also fell in Love. Not many can say that eh? :)
I guess Emilee was right, you can't really go looking for it,
Love just happens. It only took twenty one years, and me going
halfway around the Earth before it happened to me :)
I started on this site a
few days after I got back, and it took me over a month to complete.
I would have finished a lot sooner, had I not kept procrastinating.
But honestly, I was afraid that once I finished this story,
it would truly signal the end to my European Experience. I guess
I was holding onto everyone and all of my experiences through
this site, but sadly, all good things must come to an end, but
at least I'll always have photos and this site to remind me
of everything. Believe it or not, this is the first website
that I've engineered, pretty good eh? Heh, I guess you could
say that it was a labor of Love, cause it's really helped me
these past few weeks in coping with my Stacey withdrawals :P
I guess I'll just have to find some other project now to fill
the void left by Stace and Europe...
So it's been a month and a half since I last saw
Stace... I'm sure you're all dying to know what's going on eh?
I'm here in San Diego, working my ass off, at my 8-5 job, and
Stace, she's in Oxford, bartending and travelling. We call and
write each other weekly, and we both miss each other madly.
We're going to make this work :) I can honestly say I've never
wanted anything so much in my whole life, and not being able
to see her is killing me. I miss everything about her, but distance
makes the heart grow fonder :) December, that's when she comes
back to Canada... no more 8 hour time difference, only a 3 hour
one, and she's only a short plane ride away then... so we'll
see what happens :) Until then, thanks for reading, and please
oh please sign my guestbook! And upload your pictures if you're
from my group :) And to my Lovely Stacey, the next time I get
my hands on you, I'm never ever letting you go... I shouldn't
have let you go in the first place =/
Special thanks to: Azza and Jacko, wouldn't have
had such a spectacular trip without you guys, my entire European
Experience group, I learned so much from you guys, some of which
I hope I never hear about again, Stef for being such a great
editor and always giving me good advice, but mostly, for putting
up with all my bitching and moaning about missing Stace ;)
Can't wait till our reunion guys :) Bali next
summer!
Until then... Touching Youuuuuuuu.... Touching Meeeeee....
