ack.

Well, there's today and tomorrow left to spend in and around Sydney. Yesterday morning I woke up and thought, I miss my boyfriend, my cat, my garden, and my chickens. I imagine the chickens have doubled in size in the time I have been away.

Checking e-mail has not been tremendously helpful, either--it's just reminding me of the responsibilities that will descend upon my head when I return, making me ridiculously stressed out for no apparent reason.

I think I have figured out that finances are the major factor causing stress. It's not the living-on-a-fixed-income part so much as the uncertainty that makes me uncomfortable. I've had a bit of space while on this trip during which to think about my plans for the future, which range from plans for bicycling expeditions to plans for traveling up to Seattle for the holidays to plans to go out to Chicago to visit Ms. annikusrex over my spring break (wow, my first spring break ever where I'll travel!). I know I'm always happier in the grander scheme of things when I have a lot of stuff going on, but it can be a little overwhelming when I'm limited in what I can do in the immediate future, and when I haven't had space to figure out how things will work out financially.

Ehh. I must remind myself that life will go on, and allow myself the space to dream for a bit. Unlike some of my traveling compatriots, I do not feel compelled to see everything/do everything in Sydney while I'm here; it's just as important to have time to think.

I'm guessing I won't have the wherewithal to update with photos/etc. until next weekend at the soonest. Life is just too crazy.