Orchidées Surprise

It doesn't matter how many times you've gotten them, there's just something so wonderful about receiving flowers. It's like a decadent truffle, or a sweet chocolate that is so delicious but lasts for only a short time. While the orchid blooms of my beautiful phalaenopsis last only a few weeks, the orchid will continue to thrive with the tender love and care I will give it. I adore flowers particulary orchids because they are my favorite. I also enjoyed the delicious chocolates that came with them. Thank you to the mister for sending them my way.

The Flight Plan

I dreamt of flying last night...

I am an airplane bound for the unknown

My life is a series of images with an exorbitant amount of comings and goings of people from different directions at different times. There are constant take offs and landings and pit stops on my travel.

While I’m grounded at this particular airport I’ve come to certain truths about my life.

There are different planes traveling to different places. A diverse host of airline carriers from small sizes to large with a wide range of capabilities await me. Each airplane carries its own baggage, has its own manifest of people they carry on board and their own crew that ensures a smooth flight and landing.

Yet they all fly under the same sky and everyone hits turbulence. It doesn’t matter how good a pilot is manning the plane, bad weather happens to everyone. You just have to ride it out and do everything you can to keep to your course while staying aloft. It doesn’t even matter where you've been or where you are going next, no plane is better than the other. You all go through the same challenges. But it’s how you overcome these challenges that makes it different. You can panic or stay calm knowing that everything is at the mercy of the elements. You just never know what to expect…what life will throw at you.

But you’ll keep on flying because that’s what you’re meant to do and you’re most majestic when you’re up there braving the unknown. You have to continue to fly in order to reach your next destination…whether that is home or a new place that brings new challenges.

But right now I’m comfortable with staying grounded…

Refueling. Reloading. Repairing.

I’ll catch the next flight with the right tickets in my hand. Hopefully the forecast predicts clear blue skies but if not I’m prepared to spread my wings and fly anyways

Viva Las Vegas

I have never been to Vegas nor do I have the desire to visit Sin City. There is nothing about the city that appeals to me. Why? I don’t drink, party or gamble...Yes, I know I’m boring. It might be a fun experience but I don’t need to go there to enjoy world class cuisine or watch Cirque de Soleil. I’m simply not interested…

Of course I do understand the allure of Las Vegas. The city’s tourism motto says it all, “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas”. It is party central and with an unlimited supply of booze for the thirsty tourist searching for adventure, it is no wonder the larger than life atmosphere attracts people to the glitzy glamorous casinos and hotels that line up like dominos along the street. So I can see why people are fascinated with the city but what they don’t realize about Vegas is the truth regarding its size. After all, one does not have to visit Sin City to get a feel for it. The city’s bright lights and loud colors splashed in front of you like an in-you-face-shiva’s-avatar kind of way.

Size does not matter but appearance is everything. Frequent visitors or residents there are often sucked into its field of gravity with the bigger is better mentality. My godmother lived there for a short period of time and she immediately wanted the bigger house, better car and just more of everything. But once she left the city and moved back here she felt as if the spell the city had cast over her was broken. It was as if she realized that the enormity and intensity of everything in the city was just a mask, an empty shell covering the dry dusty dessert that is Vegas.