Originally posted on 10/7/2009
Current mood: eccentric
Category: Life
I must confess,
I'm not exactly bursting with literary energy but I felt it was about time we
caught up. My Tampa trip was a charming trip indeed. Although I generally like
flying, I'm completely and utterly disgusted with airports and airplane
passengers in general. And even with my love of soaring above the clouds, there's
always a sense of minor trepidation right before the plane takes off. However, that insignificant anxiety was quickly quelled by
the announcement that our pilot was a woman. ♥✈♥ After hearing
that pilot Nancy Walter was going to be at the helm of our aircraft, which would
fly above 33,000 feet, I was instantly eased into relaxation mere seconds before
the plane took off. ♥ You may ask yourself Who is
Nancy Walter and why does she inspire such confidence? My answer to
that is, I didn't know who the hell she was before
that flight but I knew she was a woman and that she most likely had to be
‘quadruply’ smarter than her male counterparts to just be considered
'equal'. Smart pilot=happy passenger. 😊 As fate would have it, that was the smoothest take-off and
landing in all my extensive plane-flying life. It also didn't hurt that we had
the funniest male flight attendant that I'd ever had the pleasure of
having to listen to over that annoying plane intercom. 🔊 He wasn't
corny funny, he was funny funny and delivered his clever quips
without one smile or chuckle. 🤣 You know how much I love clever quips! 😂 The wit and
talent displayed by my Tampa-bound flight crew almost made me forget I was
trapped in an enclosed area with disease-carrying, typhoid fever-acting, swine
flu-mimicking, tuberculosis-like coughing indigents. 🤢 Yes, if ever there were a flight crew that deserved a
standing ovation on performance alone, it was this one. Great travel energy, I
love it. 😁 I'd gone on an earlier flight than Sis, so I had time at the
Tampa airport to plug-in my laptop, check my e-mail and just generally surf The
Net until her anticipated arrival. 🛬 We drove from Tampa to Bradenton, Florida where Sis managed
to secure the best, most comfortable hotel room I'd ever been in. We’d slept in
much 'nicer', more expensive rooms but my bed was plush with an unreal coziness
that I'd never experienced away from my own bed. 💤 With the down feather filled mattress-topper and pillows,
you'd sumptuously sink into the bed any time you laid in it. We had a double
queen room...pretty fitting set-up given the room's occupants 👸🏾👑👸🏾 I'd be lying if I claimed that I did everything I wanted to
do on that trip, since Sis had other plans that included driving around and
sight-seeing. 📸 All I wanted to do after being in that bed was lay in it
until it was time for my flight back home. Of course it didn't help that it was
hell
hot 🔥there that
weekend, even though we were surrounded by beautiful beaches. 🏖 Dude, I live in Texas, so I know hot. I don't have
to travel 950 miles to sight-see in Satan's
Sauna. But all-in-all
it was a great trip and Sis outdid herself with all of the trip planning (she
always does.) 👍🏾 After spending
Friday and Saturday at the wonderful Marriott Riverfront in Bradenton, we spent
Sunday night at The Hardrock Hotel & Casino in Tampa. 🎰 Of course I have video of the hotel room and absolutely
breath-taking amenities (several shops, food court, casinos & night clubs)
right there in the hotel. 🤯 You could spend an activity-filled weekend there
without ever having to drive one millimeter. Since I'm not much of a gambler,
I'd forgotten how many old folks gambled. ♦♠♥♣ The "social
scene" of The Hardrock was thick with cigarette smoke, oxygen tanks and
Hoveround scooters...not exactly the °hip°scene°
the
hip surroundings suggested. 🧓🏾👴🏾👵🏾 Still, it was a
wonderful experience. As a matter of fact, I'm supposed to go back later this
month but we'll have to see how my travel legs hold up. 🧳 Thankfully, my
social calendar has been chalked full of interesting experiences these last few
weeks. Unfortunately, on a day like today, those experiences pale in comparison
to all the heavy emotional stuff I have to face-still mercilessly sitting on my
plate. 😔For some reason
this morning, I was a really preoccupied with some recent relationship
disappointment. I have no idea why, but after weeks of being unconcerned about
that stuff, this morning everything came crashing in on me. 😫 I have no choice
but to believe that things will get better because I'm an optimist and things
always do. 😐 I'm just feeling a little amorously agitated right now. 💔 At the moment, I'm a romantic relationship recluse and I
don't see being any different in the foreseeable future. 🚫 But you know me, that will probably change in an hour.
Presently though, I just don't get love♥ and I'm not
sure I ever want to. 🤚🏾 I want to be
satisfied carelessly flitting from friend to friend without ever giving up too
much of myself. Even in the awkwardly odd internal world I live in, going
through life without dealing with serious consequential carnage isn't really
reality. 🙄 Dang! How'd we get
from plush beds & oxygen tanks to wayward emotions & philosophical
confusion? 🤔 This is another example of the instability that keeps
everyone two arm's length away from me and perpetually perplexed by me but it
also makes me who I am.🧍🏾♀️ As pathetic as
I write sometimes, I really do love who I am...eccentricities and
all. 🥰 Besides, who's
ever gonna love me the I want them to, if I don't? 🧐 Oh
lawd, even though it's true, that last line has got to be one of the
corniest lines I've ever written! 🤦🏾♀️ It does help to know that if I ever give up blog-writing, I
could have a pretty lucrative career in writing greeting cards. ⌨💖
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