holidays are coming

[amoama]

 A minute ago I was thinking "oh I should post about things" and now I have forgotten those things!

 Oh well. winterlover I'm so sorry to have missed you over the weekend. Had a weird few days and didn't make it out to see any lovely fangirl visitors and I am sad. :( Sounds like you had a great trip and I know it won't be long before London tempts you back again. <3

But I did get to see a surexit on last week which was awesome. (she is alive!!!) We saw Captain America: The Winter Soldier which I really did enjoy. Mostly it was just great to see the friendship between Steve and Natasha and have it not be at all sexual, even when they had a moment on the escalators, it was totally cool! That was lovely and refreshing. 

Other news: I get to go on holiday soon! New York! Canada! Lovely long train journeys with friends at the end! I am beside myself with excitement. <3333

I'm learning to fly a plane on Saturday. My first, and likely, only, lesson. Code Name Verity eat your heart out because I am taking to the skies! 

I am so excited about all these opportunities! I spent a few hours today with someone for whom having nothing was a wealth compared to the way he was treated back home. His physical safety was all he was asking for and even that remains pretty precarious. But here I am with an embarrassment of riches, I struggle to know how to be appropriately grateful. So I want you to know, I'm really grateful!

Comments

[riverlight]

YAYyyyyyy seeing you in NYC! <3 <3 <3 I cannot wait.

Yay planes, too! My brother's girlfriend is a pilot and she took me up once and let me fly... so so so cool!

::hugs::

[amoama]

OMG I am so excited to see you! My friend was telling me about the lower east side tenement museum which sounds really interesting, have you heard anything about it? I just love planning holidays!!!!

Ooooh what kind of planes does she fly? I'm actually super nervous but I can't wait.

[riverlight]

Dude! Let's TOTALLY go—a good friend of mine has raved over that, and it's been on my to-visit list for a while! (The other things on that list, in case you're curious, are an Anders Zorn exhibit and an exhibit of American Indian art from the Great Lakes region.)

Hm, I don't remember! I think she might fly a Cherokee? It's delightful, actually; she's this very feminine, shy, retiring sort of girl—really hard to draw into conversation—the sort of person who's anything but a stereotypical involved-in-man's-career girl. But then you get her talking about planes and she just opens up and glows. It's lovely to see. I'll look forward to hearing what you think of it!

[amoama]

YAY LET'S!!! I could also take in some Swedish and/or American Indian art. :D I am all smiles! Both those art exhibits look like they're coming to an end soon so you should totally use me as your impetus to finally check them out.

I love to hear about women pilots! It's just one of those things that makes me really happy. Your brother's girlfriend sounds awesome. <3

[riverlight]

Yay! It's a deal!
♥

[thirdbird]

Ooh, flying, exciting!! :D

Yeah, I know what you mean about gratitude. I try to be mindful of that always, but I still have guilt!

AND I got your message about travel dates - on vacation now and don't have my calendar thingy (I am old school and write it down) but I think the Monday would work best for me to try and meet up if you have any time that day, weekends are crazy with baseball/softball this spring.

[amoama]

Cool, I'd definitely like to try and work something out! Have a great rest of holiday!

[winterlover]

I'm sorry we missed you, but I'm glad you feel better now and of course I'm going to be back in London some time soon.

New York and Canada, that sounds really wonderful. Have a great holiday!

Today, with throat- and toothache I have a hard time to be thankful, but your posts about your work and the people you meet put this in the right perspective. I'm really grateful for you making me think more about what matters in life.
<3

[amoama]

Thanks bb! And feel better soon! It's okay to indulge in self-sympathy and twitter sympathy when you're not well, for sure!