Plane Ticket

So I have officially booked my plane ticket to Alaska! I am so very excited and August can't get here soon enough. I have a lot of planning to do between now and then and I can't wait. Wow, I really can't believe it. I mean this is something I have wanted to do for so freaking long and it is so happening. I have to give big props to my bud Jon for all his help in getting my ticket. I just don't have the vocabulary to express the feelings I have about this or the gratitude.

So the story of how I got said ticket is one for the books. All I can say is that I sold the wedding ring that I bought for my ex-wife to get it. Think about this for a moment. I took something that was a reminder of a time that was turbulent, unpleasant, and heart breaking and traded it for the chance to realize a dream and create beautiful lasting memories. Talk about closure. It really makes me feel as if I have finally moved on with my life. This ticket represents the beginning of something new and fresh. A page has been turned and the next chapter in the Life of Rod has started. My eyes well up a bit as I sit here and think about. I swear this is all I have been talking about for weeks. I am pretty sure everyone is getting tired of hearing me go over and over about this and it's crazy to think about just being there. I can't find the words to describe what I am thinking right now. I almost feel overwhelmed, but in a good way. The next week or so will be filled trying to get everything booked and laid out but I will be so relieved once everything is said and done. So relieved in fact that I may actually be able to get normal levels of sleep.

Anyhow, my eyes are growing heavy and I have to be up in less than four hours for work. I am sure this is not the last post about this. I end with a quote:

Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening.” ~ George Gurdjieff