I’m far above the clouds today and all I can think of is my life on the ground. It’s a strange phenomenon this business of being in love and connected to a woman so intimately that you need her, and when she’s not around you feel alone, disconnected and to some extent lost in the world without a cause or preoccupation that could ever fully fill the void that comes with every passing mile on this long journey through the air from Chicago to Miami. It’s funny, the very mention of the route "Chicago to Miami" brings her to mind. Maybe I’m crazy and this is simply the exasperation that comes with long miles and too much time alone with thoughts that don’t do anyone a lick of good. I do think it’s nice having this laptop though. There’s nothing like being able to write while the idea is still fresh in my mind.
It’s exciting though. This flying business that is. It’s exciting because your weightless , or at least that’s how it feels, it’s as though there’s nothing that can touch you here – as though the world has fallen away and the evils on the ground are far, far from where you sit. That’s the funny thing about isolation, it’s safe – though you have no right to feel that way whatsoever.
I’m going home today to see my family, my friends, my haunts, and taking the chance that my haunts will unfortunately find me as well. But regardless what happens, and who I may run into, this will be a geat trip. An experience to write home about is never a bad thing no matter what happened in the process, getting to that point. I hope my expectations aren’t set so high that they can’t be met, but really, what’s the point of having a great vacation/re-connection if you don’t let yourself get excited about it.
Well, I think I’m about to lose whatever little battery I had to begin this trip (3 hours my foot), so I’m going to end this entry of my trip journal. So with great joy and the intrepid spirit that brings men to the point of being willing to pee in the trough at baseball games, I’m signing off. Until I find a source of power – salu!!!