I headed for the airport last Tuesday calm as a cucumber which actually startled me because I was heading to Kansas for just about a week and that is not my usual schedule.
I fly in, teach, sleep, teach, fly home.
I don't allow extra time for anything besides eat, sleep, teach. This was a whole new gig and I was handling like a champ.
But why?
This was NOT normal for me and instead of looking to the positive I questioned myself on why was I so calm.
As I hoisted my ridiculous "easy to identify" pink and salmon flowered colored suitcase onto the scale, it came up about 7 pounds over. This would be the part where I would start to tremble but not the case.
Nope.
I just simply moved things around without flinching. Again, I questioned myself on why I was handling this so easily. It is usually the dumb stuff that often causes me to crumble, sweat and say " I want to go home."
For reals. I am not kidding.
I continued to calmly rearranged my things when my friend Karri popped up beside me and said "Hi!" I looked at her, said "Hi" like I had just seen her the day before and then gasped "Hi!" and practically tackled her to the ground.
Besides one time a few years ago, I had not seen her in about 18 years, maybe even longer.
Time must have stopped when we had talked last because we picked up right where we left off and talked like the giddy teenagers we once were. As luck would have it, we are just now giddy adults, well and more wise and grown up.
Luckily for all the other passengers on the flight to Denver, we were on the same flight only separated by two rows. We could not text each other during the flight because we would break the FAA regulations and we'd get kicked off like Alec Baldwin. My macguyver skills were trying to kick in and I told her that I needed a string and two cans so that we could talk to each other.
We also couldn't go smoke in the lavatory either.
Duh, why in the heck do they even say that anymore?
Anyhow, we talked quietly and smiled at each other during the flight as not to disturb anyone Anyways, we laughed, confided, hugged and took photos until we had to go our separate ways as she was staying in Denver and I was heading for Kansas. I love the "true friendship" factor that you pick up right where you left off. It is a connection like no other.
To be continued...