How Good is My Life...
02/16/2008
This past Thursday The Nancy and I flew to Denver to cover a conference for my boss’s boss. The flight out was uneventful, and very smooth. While I cannot define any time spent on an airplane as blissful, this one was just about as close as it can get. We took off from Dulles about 1pm and soared westward above the clouds. The Nancy and I changed seats for a while so that she could see the movie screen and watch “Elizabeth, The Golden Age.” I sat by the window listening to New Age music on the aircraft’s entertainment system in an almost trance-like state of mind watching the clouds slide beneath the plane, and occasionally alternating between reading my book and dozing. It was as if the plane was stationery and the world was moving. It was the perfect four-hour Valentine’s Day adventure with my favorite woman by my side. How good is my life?
My bosses sent us to Denver to represent my company, me as eye candy, Nancy as an ambassador of good will and the one with the brains. I have never been to Denver before, so this is a real treat in that respect, even though it is fairly cold with a touch of snow. I am not a cold weather guy, but this is a nice city, even in February. We have managed to see a little of it and enjoy some good eats and drinks, but most of all enjoying it together. We only have one obligation today and it is not until later in the evening, so we get to get out a little bit today and take another look around Denver, providing the temperature moves up a bit. Life is good.
As I sit here in this Starbucks at the 16th Street Mall, with some indescribable music blearing overhead, watching people busily making their way to God knows what, I can look up and see a cloudless sky with her majesty the sun beginning to light up some of the taller buildings of the Denver skyline. It is at this point I have to thank God for this day and my opportunity to live it. I am sixty-four years old, I am healthy, financially secure, at least for now, happily married and so in love with my life. I am flying high 24/7. It just can’t get any better than this.
And that is all I have to say about that…