Date: 2005-10-13
From: Somewhere, head'n SOUTH

To: Somewhere, head'n SOUTH- Austin
Miles today: 0.0

I know that my cume. milage is off, sorry. I cant fix it now; probably never. Just know that the amount is somewhere over 2100 and under that number posted...and that is rough.Speaking of rough, man, this real-world stuff comes back on you quick and with a vengance. I dont want to be rich but I do want to travel, NOT worry about bills and sprad good cheer. Is that too much to ask? No I say. Realistically, it is not.I made a "double online purchase" of plane tickets the other day and Wachovia CALLED ME AND temporarily put a hold on my card? What the craziness is that about? I mean, I am glad they are watching and all and hope that they respond so quickly if there ever IS a problem but, it is as if they knew I was on the TRAIL but had not given me the benefit of the doubt that I could have finished and actually be purchasing tickets to fly away(or that I could even AFFORD tix after 7 moths out here). Hmmm... "back to life, back to reality.." (Quick, what song is that and who SANG it?).I sit here in Providence at a cafe while STILTS is at a Job interview. Hmmmm, JOB...YUCK!!!! Just send money, I am sure I can provide you with something of value; advice, recipes, jokes, and I have a storage unti full of STUFF. We'll just call this "TRAILBAY" or T-Bay for short. So, if you need something and would like to ensue money in the equivilent of a glass of wine or bottle of cheap (at the MOST) then shoot me your need, problem, question or simply pay me to shut up. Hmmm. Ideas one thinks of when TIME lingers on.Speaking of TIME-and this is FREE advice, if one shall trust me with that kind of communication- I had a thought about the age old advice of "anything is possible" which really should be "possibly anything can happen...and Does." and "do things to the best of your abilities" but what about "making your abilities the best?" I have been thinking ALOT about "abilities" expecially knowing people very close to me with different or limited abilities, as well as the "self discovery of my of abiltities..." No one really knows what they are capable of doing until they try however, try you must. To deny trying just for the sake of ability or disability is to conclude experience; stop living. As the great foolosipher Jimmy Buffett says "I'd rather die while I'm living then live while I'm dead.." and THAT'S the truth. And just living can be mondane...even on the AT (Yikes, did I say that? YES I DID!). I read somewhere that you have to have a good sense of humor, patience, stamina, resilience, self-sufficient tendencies, committment and many many other stable traits as well as the abiltity to trust people (gee, this sort of sounds like the real world without the "getting screw'd" aspect of everyday life), in order to make the Thru-hike on the AT. Dont be so hard on yourself, mentally or physically, and you'll go along way.Hey, Stilts just arrived, a prelim interview- he could be the next big "account executive" for someone doing something...isnt that what alot of people do to get by? Hmmmm... I am trying to listen and type as he discribes it. Vague, that is what I am getting from this conversation and he just used the word.Back to life. I shall type mor later and eventually, once you all get bored and start writing hate letters, I'll conclude this Trail Journal.For now, MAke a difference, whatever you can to whomever your can.Oh, I summitted, did you know that? And there are still many questions in my journal that I put out that still have went unanswered; such AS life.www.bafound.org (Maybe someday you'll do a CLIMB or HIKE for aneurysms much like people run for cancer.) www.brainaneurysm.com FIND OUT! MAKE SURE!On On!