California Girl

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I made it to California and it is beautiful. The weather is amazing and people I’ve met so far are lovely. It’s amazing spending time with Ju’Leia again. I always miss her more than I can say. We haven’t solidified our plans yet, but I’m excited about all the possibilities. 

 

I didn’t get a lot of sleep last night due to excitement and packing and such though I did nap on one of the plan rides. I’m pretty tired which is fair since I got out of bed at 5:35am EST and I’m pretty sure it’s after midnight now on the East Coast. 

 

Wow, that’s weird—talking about the East Coast and not being on it. I mean, even when I visit Chicago or Minneapolis, it doesn’t really feel like I’m not still on “the East Coast” even if that’s not technically true. Even when we were in Vegas last year, I didn’t feel that separated from the East Coast. But now I’m properly on the West Coast, a fifteen-twenty minute walk from the Pacific Ocean and the idea of home being on the opposite coast is bizarre or at the very least, confusing. I can’t even fully say why that is. 

 

Jay has to work in the morning, stupid, stupid early in the morning. She has to like leave by 3 am but then she’ll be off by like 10am or something so we’ll be able to go have adventures and such. I’m trying to stay up just late enough that I’ll end up with a semi-normal sleep schedule while I’m here. I’m tired, but I worry that going to bed at 9:15 will mean that I’m up at 6 am which considering that’d be close to 9 hours of sleep is possible. I’m sure I’ll sleep a while considering the situation with the lack of sleep and jet lag, but it would still be weird if I ended up wide awake at 6 am during my vacation. I mean maybe I can get away with telling myself that it’s 9am back home if it is 6 am when I wake. 

 

But on the other hand, I can barely keep my eyes open and I can feel sleep pulling hard at me. I guess if I’m up early, I’m up early and I’ll just have to use my time for writing or trying out photography. 

 

I really am so happy to be here. I’m not leaving until Monday night so I have like a whole five days before I’m leaving, but it still feels like too short a trip.