Come fly with me!

This is definitely not a real entry. This is the twinkle in the eyes of a mummy and daddy entry. I am just HOURS away from boarding a plane from Port of Spain, to Miami, to Dallas/Ft. Worth. I could not be more excited. The funny thing is though, a week ago, I wasn't going anywhere for a while.

This week I had a very big interview for what could quite possibly be the most God orchestrated first job a girl could imagine. I have been on a winding road to my career, and currently see myself as an educated fledgling. I decided that until I knew which direction I would go geographically, I wouldn't do any recreational travel. When I left Abilene, Texas it was with the assurance that I'd see my best friend, I'd see my ex boss and his wife soon. Circumstance would have it that both their travel plans got cancelled, and I was suddenly, for the first time in seven years, grounded.

It easily took months for me to come to terms with the idea of a re-Trinidadian life, and one in which I was not just another Trinidadian, but had an "otherness". In most settings this difference is positive, but when one expects to be received as a member, but instead is greeted as a guest it can be difficult. Anyway, the idea behind that tangent was that I missed the home I'd made in Texas. My beautiful, beautiful friends and family. I realised that even though now I'm with some of the family I'd missed while away all those years, now I had accumulated family on the other side of the missing. :)

In comes the prospect of a job and one year until my next vacation opportunity, and out goes Jane, to purchase a ticket to her loved ones.

I'm COMING!