What is that all about?

I have lived in NYC for nigh on five years this January coming. To those Americans reading this, four and a half years ( no offence but ye never get the way we put our weeks, months and years). Anyways.

I just got back from a trip home to the sunny Irish shores. Ok, ok, not sunny. Far from it in fact. Baltic. I digress again. Ok so for the past 5 years I have hopped the pond a grand total of..........12 times. I know, a HUGE carbon footprint, but most of the trips were to be with my mother who passed away October two years ago (again, for the Americans, October 2007). She had a long and arduous battle with cancer.

All this pond hopping has resulted in two things. Me not taking vacations anywhere other than Ireland. Also a nice little ammount of airmiles have been accumulated in these five years. With the exception of flying Aer Fungus a few times, Continental are going to reward me with a free flight. FUN. So back to my original reasoning for writing this.

Throughout my times flying back and forth, it never ceases to amaze me that upon leaving Dublin airport and heading for the N3, it's like I never left home. Seriously, I have very distant memories of NY. Weird huh? The same works when I get back to NYC too. it's like I was never in Ireland. Is it that I have become so accustomed to both that my mind calssifies both as a home from home? Or does it work the other way? It's almost like my mind telling me that I have no fixed abode? Though I class NY as my home? I like to think it's the former, though I have zero inclination to move back to Ireland anytime soon.

This trip, this time was different though. I got back to NYC and after just over 2 weeks, it has taken me slightly longer to fall back into the swing of things. I think in part this is due to the way I want to shake things up, get out of my comfort zone, do and try new things. Move on with my life basically. Having lost two very important people in less than two years takes its toll. But no more. Onwards and upwards. Up UP UP!!!!!!!!!!