Sky High

I’m in the air – literally. I don’t know where in particular I’m flying over, probably Northern California or Utah right now. We just turned to the North and the cabin fills with golden sunlight. By golden, I mean that glorious color when the sun has about an hour until it sets. It’s the gold that you have to step outside to be bathed in its beauty no matter what you are doing. I glance out the window and the terrain below looks like a ruffled evening gown – a sage colored satin beneath a delicately sheer teal tulle. Unfortunately, with the direction we’re heading, the sun is setting rapidly. I crane my head now to catch the last glow of the sun before it’s gone over North America. The horizon burns like a cooling ember – no longer on fire, but trying to stay lit for just a moment longer. The evening dress below no longer enchants my eyes; it has turned into the desert it truly is. Where am I in the sky? The sun is gone, only a dull grey remains, like my heart.

-Written on board British Airways Flight 0282 September 16, 2008

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Thank God for the Internet

I'm at a point right now where I can't believe I have actually gotten. I've desired to study abroad in the UK for most of my life. It has been one of those unquestioned goals in life just as college and my Ph.D. have been. The entire past year has been devoted to getting all the necessary paperwork done and setting up a new life in another country. Granted, I'll only be there for 3 months, but so much work was required!

So I'm set to leave today in about 6 hours and this funny thing happened - I'm scared. This is something new for me. Going to college was a breeze and a blast, traveling around the country was a welcome wonder, and living on my own for 3 years has been liberating. This apprehension is something new to me. 

However, I recognize through all of this that I have always had a support base that I could turn to at a moment's notice. This time it won't be there. I don't think that I'm looking forward to being both homesick and heartbroken at the same time.

But as I think about this new and crazy adventure, it's not that I don't have that support base anymore, it'll just be delayed by about 8 hours or so (give or take where in Europe I'll be at the time). So I want to thank you all who decided to stick it out with me; those who have been there for me so faithfully in the past and who value me enough to be there for me even as I'm not present with them.

I'll have Skype for internet calling, I'll still be using facebook, and email will be checked constantly. I love you all and can't wait to tell you about my journeys! Thank God for the Internet!

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Can Google Predict the Future?

I'm sure that you all have at some point googled yourself. I try it out every so often and see if maybe my blog got a little more traffic. I thought to do it the other day when my mom mentioned that someone had apparently stumbled on her blog by searching my name. That intrigued me, especially since the location was from the city my (now) ex-boyfriend lives in.

So I googled myself again. Other than the top searches being "Counting Crows - Goodnight Elisabeth bass tabs," I found three other Elisabeth Basses that were all professors at universities around the country. 

"That's crazy," I thought to myself, "I'm in the process of becoming a professor myself!" I wonder if maybe my name has some sort of psychological quality that makes the bearer of the name more likely to continue in higher education - weird.

So that's it. I'm allowed to write a post about nothing every now and again, right?

...and btw, in regards to the song, I feel a little bit more like the singer instead of the girl walking away.

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