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[miriam_e]

I have taken an impromptu trip to Sydney.

A friend visited us in Melbourne from Sydney to pick up a lot of her things and take them back with her. She hired a car and was going to drive alone back to Sydney. She is still fairly new to driving and that journey is not a lot of fun for even a seasoned driver. I couldn't bear the thought of her having an accident on the long return drive so I told her I would help... and now here I am, in her living room in Sydney after driving most of the night.

I'll take a bus or train back south, hopefully this afternoon or this evening.

It is kinda nice to be here in Sydney again though. I grew up a little north of here and it feels... familiar. The funniest thing is I remember the bird-songs and the feel of the air more strongly than anything. Not what I would have expected. Now I am here I sorta would like to do a bit of looking around... but I probably don't have enough time. Certainly I don't have enough money. It would be lovely to go to the Natural History Museum again though... I haven't been there in soooo long. When I was a very young kid I would travel down to Sydney often just to spend the day at the museum. [sigh] Happy days.

Comments

[patchworkkid.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a nice, impetuous thing to do. :)

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

:) Less impetuous than worried. I would never have forgiven myself if anything happened to her, driving alone all that way.

It now feels like it was some kind of dream, having been up there. Do you have that strange, disconnected feeling about your recent trip to QLD? Or is it my lack of sleep that gives it that phantom quality?

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[patchworkkid.livejournal.com]

It did the first few times I returned here. Now I do it so often it's not as severe. Still feels a lot like that returning to Cairns though. Very much like remembering a dream, then realising you're standing in it.