leaving the country

I'm leaving the country

I'm leaving today

Taking the noon train

Down the coast through L.A.

It's not just a weekend

A simple getaway

I'm leaving the country

I'm leaving today

Mexico's fine this time of year

Stars are divine in the south hemisphere

Deserted south pacific

Isle off the charts

There's where I'll find

The pieces of my, my broken heart

I'm leaving the country

I'm leaving today

Jumping the queen's ship

And I'm off to Calais

Tomorrow is waiting

I shouldn't be late

I'm leaving the country

I'm leaving today

Summer in France outside Paris

An autumn romance of the Caspian Sea

A Greek tragedy, I imagine my part

There's where I'll find

The pieces of my, my broken heart

I'm leaving the country

I'm leaving today

I'm bound for nowhere

And nowhere I'll stay

It's not a vacation

It's no holiday

I'm leaving the country

I'm leaving today

I'm leaving the country

I'm leaving today

~Rosebud~

 

I've had this cd for a while now, yet I don't really remember ever hearing this song, until I started making my travel playlist tonight. Its funny how appropriate it is for my life right now.

Today was interesting. I woke up early to go to breakfast only to have mom cancel on me, so I went back to sleep and stayed in bed until 11. I woke up then, to find out that our cell phone service had been disconnected because they forgot to pay their half of the bill. I had to figure all that out with dad and then finally got my phone working again. I took a shower, cleaned my room, and finished up my laundry. Caitlin and I had dinner with Dad at McAlisters, which was surprisingly nice and normal. When I got home, Mom was asleep on the couch so we missed church. She woke up in enough time to make a quick Target run for the last of my trip stuff, and then we stopped over at Starbucks so I could tell Sonia good-bye.

I finally got everything packed. It helped to actually have dry clothes and all of the stuff I needed from the store. Now I'm getting ready to activate my international SIM card from Cingular so I don't have to mess with phone cards this summer. Although the rates are still quite high so I won't be talking on the phone except to call and tell them I'm alive.

We have to be at UINDY around 9:30 in the morning, but we don't actually leave the US until 7pm; we are driving to Chicago to catch our flight there because it was cheaper.

Check the xanga I set up for my travels, I'll be back on this one in about two weeks.

~RLM