Hola, on the move

The first day of the holiday has started and I found myself getting up early to finish some of the last little things before jumping in the car and heading to the railway station. Why is it that when you think you have plenty of time to get there you are still tight for time? More traffic then expected and how's lawn  mowers for a bonus? Not one but 4 on my side of the road, so slowing down traffic more then just a bit. Things never go smoothly when you want them or rather need them the most. 

But in the end I made it to my train and to the airport in time. Dropping of my luggage and of to Starbucks for my departure coffee.... Guess what, card payments not possible, luckily I had cash but the people waiting in line in front of me not realizing what was happening,  because we have our ingrown earpieces, or our main focus goes to our mobile phone resulting in them not hearing the staff announcing this fact. Few minutes and some frustrated people later I sat down with my coffee and a slice of banana cake to enjoy the noise of a large departure lounge and some angry customers.  

Enough time and coffee for me to watch and observe people..... The day before I left I had a little mishap while experimenting with my hair.... Tried a little color, which can go a long way wrong..... Next to that a non perfect haircut, so onto scissors and some more dye for my hair..... All on the morning of departure...  But the result, a different haircut and one not shared with plenty of other gay guys, seems that one I destroyed is in high demand and al needed the huge amount of wax I hated over the last few months. So, nice and short and a little darker as planned , I was ready to head south. A walk towards the gate and more people to watch, why do some guys need to accessorize no matter what the weather? You are traveling and if you are skinny and kinda good looking well nothing more you need..... But no we add a shawl a jacket etc, just to ad the much needed fashion... I am more than happy in my shorts and t-shirt.

 Arrived at the gate and the flight before mine was still there, already 30 min late so I sat down ready for a delay myself. And the only negative or rather one of the negative things of flying cheap, a lot of people traveling, even at the almost end of the summer holiday period and in my case a few Spanish blokes on their way back from festival touring in holland, not the company I mind sitting with together, at least the view is nice.

Once settled in my chair on board I thought it time to watch the final episode of this seasons game of thrones, which I had quickly downloaded this morning, to my surprise I-tunes was busy with all kind of things with my iPad but not putting that episode on my iPad ... So here I am writing, not in the mood for watching pirates of the Caribbean (again). Movieless but able to blog, I just forgot to log in onto my Microsoft account before going on flight mode so word isn't working either, back to old note it is. In summer I am not to fond of clouds in the way of the sun, but now there is a cloud I need and it is not available.... Something to figure out at my destination..... Frustrating is the main word here.... Happy to have a solution and later today I can copy this into my blog page and the holiday has officially started, blog and all.

Haven't been flying for a while but this Spanish captain is very quiet, no announcement yet, about flight time, a welcome or any thing, or is this not included anymore in cheap travel? Must have missed that one. We are still in the air and heading south so something must be going ok. 

My 2 hour plus layover in Barcelona is cut by at least an hour so if there is no other delay I am smoothly on the move to my connection.  

Looking forward to tomorrow being able to sleep in and get some beach time if and when the family doesn't have any other plans for me..... After the few months I had I can do with some waves and sand and sound of the Atlantic ..... The only thing I miss not being in the navy anymore, the sea oh yes and travel..... Happy where I work now and I hope I can continue as it gives me something to do, plus financial freedom to still travel south, like now and enjoy what live has to offer me.  So now back to my music and watching out of the window as none of my neighbors here in the plane is watching Game of thrones........ Hasta mañana 

checking suitcase

The last couple of days working, a weekend and off on a well earned holiday. Already there in my mind so i have to be careful not to show up at work in flip flops and a multi colored short..... I do my best. the usual things are done, checked in to my flights, cleaned the suitcase (which actually needs replacing) packed the first few items and trying to remember al the other things I need to get or to pack. 

It has been a year and a little since my last visit and so much has happened but most important I am noticing that my brain is full, full of stuff, collected over the last few months and i do need to get the lid of this barrel and empty some of it into the Atlantic and let is disappear into the distance to be never seen again. Years ago i thought vacation time, who needs it truly, only to find out now that I do!

The sun is out and i have a blue sky at home and even someone wearing something blue when he leaves the water, but this is on the clock. How ever long it is going to last? I have no clue, sometimes it gets a little more serious and within seconds you can feel him taking some distance, because what we do or what we talk about it getting to "serious". For me it is funny to see this and i must admit sometimes I try to trigger it. Yes he is dear to me and i do enjoy the time we spend together, lately we do talk after "you know what" and i like it, it is a slow part of telling me more about his life, and trust me he is very slow in that. Well lets be honest its not easy communicating from the closet. Now i am going away for the better part of 3 weeks he lets me know that he would have liked to be with me on the beach. Tough! You decided to go on your own and not take the oppertunity to join me visiting my family down south. you would have had your freedom and no one would have asked any questions, you would have just been accepted for the guy you are. well maybe in the future you will take that chance and see why i am happy there. 

when ever life hands me lemons i try to make lemonade of it in spain ad some alcohol (call it lemoncello) and put my feet up! Life truly is to short for bullshit! I am about to start work today knowing that tomorrow will be my last working day for a while..... and with a smile i will start and finish today as i am getting closer to my days away in the sun, where I can gaze into the blue sky waiting for my blue short wonder, but you will be on my mind.....