ZAPPED

My journey to Sydney, NSW, Australia has been exhausting and exhilarating.

No matter by car, train, bus, or plane, going places stretches me to my limits. It defines my limits. Helps me know how much I can take, how far I can go. Being away forces me to confront just how much exhaustion and exhilaration I can take.

Thinking back over the past twelve days makes my heart race a bit. What just happened? I mean, beyond the travelogue details...what happened?

There was a crossing of half a planet...a gang of Aussies doing the play I wrote...train rides and new friends...photos of things I’d never seen before...people I really liked and want to see again.

The vast expansion that comes with an ambitious undertaking.

The hurricane of fast-life that leaves you stretched and deflated in its aftermath.

I feel so empty.

And so full.