Dismanteling Comfort Zones...

Friday, Dec 5, 2008 Ferry to Paros, Greece 10:44 AM
I woke up in deep exhaustion (5AM), not wanting to pry myself out of bed along with dismantling my comfort zone of traveling with a friend in this new country. But the adrenaline hits…I am now on my own and have to get up, get ready and find/make my ferry. I look forward to walking through the dark morning listening to my best song (Heartbeats by the Knife) that I know will channel my adrenaline which was currently sporadically raging through my body and brain, into a coherent purpose with each step through the dark morning….once I was outside I was content as by this time I am already back into my traveling-alone-deadline zone allowing me to simply enjoy the short walk to the metro with my own inner peace. Arriving an hour early for the ferry allowed me to relax even further…this is when I turned on my Ipod, strangely enough to the playlist of 5 songs that saved my emotional sanity during these last 7 months and I am relieved to say that only 2 songs gave me that teleporting phenomenon into the familiar gut-sick past….but it didn’t linger long.
I love where I am, pulling out of Athens, seeing the pinkish yellow sunrise-rays low on the horizon resting upon the deep blue water turning slightly greenish….with the misty island mountains in the distance…. Its going to be a beautiful sunny ride.
Its amazing looking out my window and the present hits me, I’m in the Aegean Sea on my way to Paros… looking at the rich blue water with islands lurking here and there, I have to pull the curtain a bit so the sun’s reflecting off the water doesn’t hurt my eyes. Drinking my luxurious tap water on the rocks (yes mother its safe to drink)...listening to music that brings me back to what feels like another life, all the good and all the bad…fully adding to everything I love about right now.