Finally doing it!

I'm finally cranking out round 1, my first blog! I'm a little behind the times it seems, everyone has their daily two cents worth kicking around on the internet for all to see and here I've been keeping it all to myself. So I'm setting out to document some of my crazy travels of the next couple months in an attempt to keep you updated on just where exactly I might be and what I'm up to (assuming that I even know). Thus far it's been a fun list of cities seeing friends and family including Fort Wayne, Westfield/Fishers, Toledo/Sandusky (some freeeezing but fun Cedar Point action), then off to Chicago to start my journey towards Europe. I guess I hadn't bought gas in a while somehow or hadn't paid attention to the sudden rise, but all of a sudden I hit the road and found $3.49 to be the new low, occasionally getting teased by the "2.68!!" signs...oh wait, that's diesel. Jerks. I even kept driving until the gas light went on trying to find something cheaper. No such luck.

Anyway, that was definitely a lot of life for the week or so after leaving good 'ole Bloomington, and it kinda caught up with me on Monday when I could barely move (probably since I left any remnants of my immune system on a roller coaster somewhere at Cedar Point). Seriously, 45 and windy combined with going 80mph wearing short sleeves?? Not cool. After a short doctor visit today that ended in me needing to go on the BRATT diet (bananas, rice, apple sauce, tea & toast) and drink lots of gatorade, I find myself in the international terminal getting ready to board my flight in a couple minutes or so. SO--time to go, next stop: London!