i have had an exciting couple of days. in the past 48 hours i've been through prague (oklahoma), stuttgart (arkansas), lebanon (tennessee), glasgow (virginia), and scotland (pennsylvania). i ate a whole carton of whoppers, a whole box of rice crispy treats, a whole tin of sour cream & onion pringles, and drank a 6 pack of water. in 25 hours i drove my brand new ford focus from duncan, oklahoma, where i was visiting my brother, to chester springs, pennsylvania, where i live. and my mom told me something that i actually turned out to be really thankful for. if you stop at a cracker barrel (those hokey country stores that are at every third exit on every interstate in the u.s.) and buy a book on tape/cd, you can listen to it and then return it to any other cracker barrel and get your money back. they will only charge you like $3 a week for it. i feel like i have been let in on an old folks' secret! not that my mom's old.

i'm going to sydney on friday. sydney, australia. that one's not a trick.