Monday, September 04, 2006
(10:19 PM) | Anonymous:
Staring Into The Abyss.
Tomorrow we leave. The plane ticket says 19:00, but I know we'll leave an hour late. After nearly a year and a half we will be leaving tomorrow. A year of that was spent preparing and we're still not ready. We could use a bit more money and as always I'd like a bit of a guarantee that some funding was coming down the line. There have been so many bureaucratic hoops we've jumped through and so many more to go. I stare at the city map and it doesn't make much sense. It doesn't appear to have the order that the city I already miss, Chicago, has. And the trip planner I consulted doesn't make any sense to me. The whole thing seems a bit insane and it really is a wager more than an investment. But good things can come from wagers and we'd be well to remember that it is actually a relief to know that the abyss stares back into you. Perhaps it even will grant a bit of luck to the dicethrow.If you are religious please pray or whatever for my flight and life. If you're not I'd appreciate something a bit more tangible, perhaps money, and would really like for someone to make sure the plane has been inspected before take off. The final problem I'll tackle tomorrow is that I don't get free alcohol on this flight.
