Blogging ABOVE EARTH!!!

"Your hopes, dreams and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above the clouds, above the storms -- if only you will let them!!!!" -- William James

Today is a first. A red letter day. A day of enthusiasm & exclamation marks. A day for the books. A day of record. Today. This day. This day at hand. This is the one!!!

Does anyone remember the first time I "blogged" from the road, in the car, traveling around 70 MPH, with my laptop hooked to the car's axillary pack -- thru my dear husband's phone?? I do!! Does anyone remember the VERY first time I blogged at all? I do!!!! [Even more amazing to me now, over a thousand posts later] Well today is even more amazing in my mind.... more amazing that all of that. Today I am blogging to you from an airplane which has surpassed 10,000 feet at who knows what speed, hurtling far above the clouds where the sun is indeed shining!!!! Maybe all the rest of you have blogged above earth before, but this is my first trip. Due in large part to Delta making the service 'free' as an introductory, holiday addiction inducer, I am blogging from genuine cyber-space into genuine cyber-space.... what complete symetry.

Wow!!!!! I am flying to Utah. I am crossing the country in a morning, with a computer in my lap & I am able to share what I did last week in NY with you, my supportive friends & family. Is anyone else as mind boggled as I am?? This is seriously thrilling.

Today is a new day. I awoke happily at 3:15 this morning -- even before my 4 a.m. alarm, with a delightful sense of calm and clarity. I awoke feeling that I had "arrived" to this day. I had "arrived" to a day when I would be invited to fly cross country to share my story. I had "arrived" to a day when I would be rewarded well to share my journey. I "arrived" to a day where I'd received a yet new & amazing invitation just yesterday. I "arrived" to a new day where I'd just been given a clean bill of health a mere several hours earlier, by a specialist I admire, a specialist who has no need to see me for 12 full & entire months. I HAVE indeed arrived. Yeeeeeeehaaaaaaaa!!!

So it's a new day. I told Allen this at 4:30 as we departed for the airport. I think he was a little groggy to catch my enthusiasm. I plan to treat myself better from here on in. I started out by grabbing my warmest, softest wooley socks -- cuz my feet are always cold in flight. This is a signal to me that I mean it. I'm going to be kinder to me. I honest-to-goodness am going to drink more water. I golly gosh darn-it am going to swallow the vitamins I purchase...... and by jove I'm gonna sculpt more breathing, yoga, reflection & joy into every day, so help me, I'm gonna.

Better hit post. Don't know how long the battery will last on the laptop. LOL. No auxillery power supply on board. (That's coming in the next generation of airplanes & laptops...... what would the Wright brothers think of this development??)