When things fall into place

This is the Day - The The

Due to some medical issues I have been dealing with over the past, well 18 months, I have been feeling a little 'landlocked' as I like to refer to it.    Feeling tethered to where I live in order to make appointments and not put my self at risk for medical complications.    Now that the treatment is essentially complete, I now feel like the chains have been loosened and I can cut loose.

Through ongoing encouragement from family and friends I decided to look into a quick trip to Europe - a whirlwind trip as I like to call it to get in visits with each of my family members plus a few days travelling with a friend.    Initially I looked at it as an impossible feat either due to logistics of where I'd need to go, lack of convenient flight offerings, conflict with doctor appointments or work deadlines.   At the end of the day I was sure that the cost of such a country hopping adventure would be a shoe-in to make it a no-go.

So I made my list and worked through each of what were impassible steps.  I checked in to see who was going to be where and when to map a possible agenda.  No roadblocks there.  It seemed that everyone was available and even had accommodation for me.    I checked with my doctor appointments to determine if they could be adjusted easily.  No problem there.   I checked with the possible flights and it seemed that there was availability and flights without a zillion stopovers or long layovers.   All systems go there.  Ok, work, there had to be a problem and immovable deadline that would restrict my ability to take enough vacation time.  Nope.  Everyone was ok with it and there was back up available.    Let's see, prior commitments to my dragon boating team for a regatta.    Well, seems the flights were so flexible I could work around that.     So, no wanting to make a decision on my own to make the trip I left it up to the airlines.    This whirlwind adventure had to be a pricey one.   Something that would make it totally unreasonable to consider.     Wrong again.  Not only was the price reasonable, but it got cheaper with each day that I waited to book.    Just to knock some further sense into me I received an unexpected cheque that would cover 80% of the cost.    Ok, ok, I can take a hint!!!

Sometimes you just gotta go with the flow, take things as they come and let it all fall into place.   This trip was meant to be.    There were some people up there helping to make it all happen - watching out for me.   Consistently knocking me on the head until I came to my senses.

So I'm now booked.   17,800 km in 2 weeks; 3 countries; lots of family and friends to visit.   It's gonna be great.