I am currently
sitting at my dining table in my 31st-floor apartment. I have a coca-cola
bottle, reese’s peanut butter cups, a mild slim jim (beef jerky in a stick
form, looks delicious) and some pistachios sitting beside my laptop. No-one can
judge me on my dietary choices this evening...After the day I’ve had. Best way
I can think of explaining it is through breaking it down into a schedule.
9AM (Estonian time)
Woke up feeling like I had no sleep last night. No wonder, I was tossing,turning
and sweating all night long. And not for the good reasons.
10AM Have my
luggage all packed. The end result is 21kg. Am quite proud of self and father,
who managed to fit an entire teenager’s life in a suitcase.
10:15-10:25AM My
darling friend arrives at my doorstep to say goodbye and good luck. We hug.
Then my brother comes to drive us to the airport. He tells me in the car not to
worry too much, because things usually have a way of working themselves out and
I should have no problem being chill about the situation. He obviously has
never met me.
11:00AM Me and my
mom check in and bit-by-bit my friends arrive to say their final goodbyes. I’m
not going to lie, there were some abduction attempts (on their part), some
inappropriate hugging situations, but all-in-all I could not feel more
cherished. I am so lucky to have all of you. I was strong though. Didn't cry.
(Now having thoughts about maybe being an emotionally-dead robot.) I say good-bye to everybody including my dad and brother.
12:00-12:50PM Ok,
fine maybe I weeped a little bit. I’m not made of stone, ok? The plane takes
off and lands in Helsinki, where I will have a connecting flight to JFC.
14:50PM At the
Starbuck’s in Helsinki Vantaa airport. Thought we’d get the American food and
drink in out systems early on. (A tall caramel macchiato was a solid 5 euros.
In NYC you can get it for 2.82 dollars, I checked.)
16:00PM Flight
takes off to NYC.
17:00PM This flight
has movies, not so bored.
18:00PM Well, I can
just listen to some music then.
19:00PM Read?
20:00-00:00PM WHY
HAS TELEPORTATION NOT BEEN INVENTED YET?
00:10AM Land at JFK. Mild headache. Pretty much ok.
02:00AM At tjMaxx
with our consulate’s driver, picking out pillows, blankets, pillowcases etc. Our apartment
did not come with any of what was mentioned above.
(Btw: Just got to
the slim jim. Not as good as I thought it would be. Am disappointed. Reese’s
buttercups are heaven though.)
04:00AM Get to
the apartment. What it lacks in furniture (bought ca 2000), it makes up for
in the views. I feel overcome with emotion. This is where I’m going to live?
What? Who the hell was I in another life to deserve this? (Or maybe it could be
just about a day’s worth of not sleeping.)
05:13AM/22:13PM (Estonian time/New York time) Right now J This post is going up whenever I can find a wifi hotspot – probably
tomorrow. Thank you for making it this far – pat yourself on the back!
But seriously thank
you to anyone who bothers to read. I received a lot of positive feedback on my
last post and I hope not to disappoint you with the next ones.
I’m going to bed
now. Have a good night! (What am I saying, this post is going up tomorrow
during daytime. Wait, daytime for me. Aww, crap. Just...You know. Best wishes
for anytime of day you happen to be reading this!)
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