So it begins my 10 hour marathon fight to Spokane to see AD, JK, Mom and Oryn and later DD. Surprisingly this is the calmest I can ever remember being during a flying trip. I spent a few days packing clothes and preparing Heather (my cool Toshiba netbook), Bunny (my awesome android phone) and my new terabyte hard drive with files and pictures I will need for the 3 week vacation away from home. I calmly made sure Mercury (my desktop computer), my monitor and music keyboards were unplugged. Turned off my AC and make a conscience note of locking my door. And then the shuttle came to take me to the airport.
I may not be where I want to be in life or even where I thought I would be at 40 but I have some things.
* I have a gig. The pay sucks but is it a music teaching gig. I am a college professor. And that means something to me.
* I am healthy. Ya I need to lose more weight but I am working on that with my new elliptical. I have no major medical problems and I can eat pretty much anything I want.
* I live in a unique area. I am in Cajun country and only 2 hours away from New Orleans which is an awesome city that I have visited many times with various friends.
So not all bad. Just not great. And some of the things that would make it great, I myself am mentally blocking my success and I need to break through it. Maybe this trip will do it.