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cloudy_oneI tend to be pretty bad about noticing things. I feel like a lot of the time the universe has to bash me upside the head for me to understand something it's trying to tell me. Travel is everywhere right now. Changing of seasons and the literal. Sam and I have a couple of trips at the very least tentatively planned. Probably next week we will be going back to Kansas City to clean out Dad's apartment. Another train ride, which I'm excited about. I realize I really like riding the train. Hopefully this summer we'll be able to make that trip we wanted. Intended stops were Kansas City (for leisure this time), Michigan to meet up with some family, and then Georgia to spend some time with good friends of ours. (more trains, yay!). Now for the hitting upside the head bit. :P
Last night we watched "Crash" (2005) as part of an extra credit assignment for my cultural studies class. In the movie a main character hijacks cars with his friend. Every vehicle they jack he puts a little suction statue of St. Christopher (the patron saint of travelers). This morning I wake up and have some breakfast while reading my book. Thomas had his brother and soon-to-be sister-in-law over. The relatives were leaving to Seattle today. They're taking Amtrak.
I haven't been thinking too much about travel even though it's been around for so long in my mind as far as how things are going nowadays and also how I've modeled things in the past. Moving has always been a bit part of my life. Mom had a running away thing and then when we had military fathers we moved around a lot as a part of their job. Travel was everywhere. That was also the route I took to get away from what wasn't working for me, running away to New Mexico. That was also the option I was going to use when I had my depression spin-out this past winter (I almost left to Portland/ Seattle). Something I am sure of at this point though, I love the desert too much to leave permanently. Jokes about green chile aside (though I would totally import it or make hours-long road trips to get a green chile cheeseburger if I had to) I am too wrapped up in what it is to be out here. My trips are leisure vacations. I couldn't see myself living in Germany again. I couldn't see myself living in Tennessee again. Short of an unbeatable deal on some land I couldn't see myself out of the state. I feel at home in Silver City, Datil, Reserve, as I do here in Albuquerque, and I've never felt as at home anywhere else. This is where I belong.
Having said all that, I'm really looking forward to train trips and road trips. :D Seeing new things is exciting, being a tourist is fun. Meeting friends is a great time and a spiritual growth. I don't want to live anywhere else, but I do want to go to other places. Hopefully St. Christopher will be kind. :)
Last night we watched "Crash" (2005) as part of an extra credit assignment for my cultural studies class. In the movie a main character hijacks cars with his friend. Every vehicle they jack he puts a little suction statue of St. Christopher (the patron saint of travelers). This morning I wake up and have some breakfast while reading my book. Thomas had his brother and soon-to-be sister-in-law over. The relatives were leaving to Seattle today. They're taking Amtrak.
I haven't been thinking too much about travel even though it's been around for so long in my mind as far as how things are going nowadays and also how I've modeled things in the past. Moving has always been a bit part of my life. Mom had a running away thing and then when we had military fathers we moved around a lot as a part of their job. Travel was everywhere. That was also the route I took to get away from what wasn't working for me, running away to New Mexico. That was also the option I was going to use when I had my depression spin-out this past winter (I almost left to Portland/ Seattle). Something I am sure of at this point though, I love the desert too much to leave permanently. Jokes about green chile aside (though I would totally import it or make hours-long road trips to get a green chile cheeseburger if I had to) I am too wrapped up in what it is to be out here. My trips are leisure vacations. I couldn't see myself living in Germany again. I couldn't see myself living in Tennessee again. Short of an unbeatable deal on some land I couldn't see myself out of the state. I feel at home in Silver City, Datil, Reserve, as I do here in Albuquerque, and I've never felt as at home anywhere else. This is where I belong.
Having said all that, I'm really looking forward to train trips and road trips. :D Seeing new things is exciting, being a tourist is fun. Meeting friends is a great time and a spiritual growth. I don't want to live anywhere else, but I do want to go to other places. Hopefully St. Christopher will be kind. :)
