Suddenly, the woman sitting to the right turns towards me and opens her eyes.
"It must be nice to be going home." She says in a mother-hubbard way, scaring the hell out of me as the plane hits the tarmac.
Home.
A flurry of friends, homemade breakfasts and -2 degree mornings.
Vancouver for another year.
It's weird to think of when this city became my home. I suppose it happened when I first decided to come here a few years ago, but it was just four weeks ago that I was getting all excited about heading back to Aus for Christmas. Melbourne is my real home after all, and I still get that giddy feeling whenever I buy airline tickets. Then again, I could be buying tickets to Tasmania and I'd still be giddy, I love traveling, especially by air.
The time at home flew by though, three weeks felt like three days, and I managed to squeeze in time with family, friends and even a LAN café. The suddenly I was back at security, being roughed up by a woman who reminded me of Oscar the Grouch - and not because of her personality.
Back in Vancouver, sitting and reflecting over a cup of ginger-mint tea (not a word...), I realised that my New Year's Resolutions were different this year. They weren't goals, they were reinforcements. After all, I'm pretty happy with how things are going, I don't want to do a 360 or drastically alter my situation. Not at the moment anyway.
So I picked things that would keep me on track. Things like: "For every stupid purchase you make, break one of your fingers." and so on.
Well ok, not that extreme, but you get it.
Already I feel this year is going to be a good one. In reality, I've got so many things to get working on that I can't really afford to think anything else, but I hope it's a great year for everyone else as well. We've all got some interesting challenges ahead, not limited to the job and financial situation putting a lot of stress on people. The key will be to think positive and keep smiling, and hopefully we'll all get something rewarding out of this new year.
From Jimzip to the world:
Welcome to 2009.
2 thoughts are now mine:
Hmm, what's your secret to enjoying flying? I could really use it. Hope you have a good 2009!
Pfff. I know how it feels to see time flying past. My holidays also were over in a split second, at least that was my feeling.
I enjoy flying as well
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