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nine hour sunshine Since most of yesterday was spent in zombie mode, I am happy to say that today was very productive in comparison. My biggest success of the day was sorting through the details of my upcoming New Zealand trip. After some more searching online, I finally found a travel agency that followed through on what they promised. In fact the same agent spoke with me three times today and had new information each time that he called. I was amazed at the way he was willing to work for my business when the other agencies never seemed to return my telephone calls or email. At last I was getting somewhere and it felt good to be making progress. If all goes well, I should have everything finalized by either tomorrow or Friday. Stepping back and looking at the big picture, what this means for me is that January may not have school in it yet, but I'll be on the other side of the world for part of the month and I see that as a great way to start the new year. Travel as I have said so many times before is one of the few things in life that makes me happy. ... Today was the final review for my Monday Wednesday class and walking out afterwards did feel sad. Of the two classes that I had this semester I did prefer that one. There were less people in it and it was taught by a professor that made sense to me when he lectured. Actually this was the third class of his that I took so listening to someone else does seem strange at times. For what it is worth I'll probably only see Kate one more time as well and that was who Jen said was a much better choice in date material then my crush in the other class. Now I'll never know if Jen was right or not. I do, however, suspect that Kate is not unattached in the romance department. What I can say is that Kate definitely had the down to earth quality that I find so attractive in women. There didn't seem to be anything fake about her and I wish that I could better express what I mean. I guess I could tell by the way that she moved and spoke that she was an easy going type of person and that is something that I want in my life. I don't need someone who will add stress to my life. I want someone who can help me relax. In the past I've had the high strung girlfriend and I don't see the need to return to that kind of a hell. The few times that Kate and I talked, it made me want to talk with her more. Things just didn't work out that way though and it may be for the best. The holiday season is not the best time to start dating someone. Time is limited due to family commitments and very few people are going to bring someone brand new into the inner social circle when so many emotions are running high. Of course that is just my opinion and other people might see it differently. Oh, I also have to say that Kate could wear a pair of burgundy cords like no one else. ... Another minor but still important success of the day was getting my car washed. All of the salt coating my car had been bothering me for days if not longer and at last I got rid of it. Now I just hope that it stays that way for more than a couple of days. |