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can trigger. got to admit it, i was hot and bothered this afternoon and ready to melt down over six freaking Euros. instead i deided to walk down the zig-zag path from Fira to the old port and go back to the ship. certainly a good plan and one that would have worked had some of my party actually been paying attention. i got chewed out for not dragging them by the short hairs on to the tender, as they were certainly in a different reality.i was not “present” for what was going on with them and as a result they just sat, slack-jawed, watching me board the tender and return to the ship.i might expect that from a fifteen year old, as they are often off somewhere else, but someone who purports to be independent and seventy-five? not so much. anyhow, in the long run, no harm, no foul, everyone made it back, i did not melt down and got a great jumping off point for this little exercise.

Linda L.
Congrats on EIGHTEEN (18) years clean.
Been there, done that and got the T shirt, welcome to the cclub.

back to paying attention to what is going on round me. as this day closes and i start to peek ahead to tomorrow, i know that tempers are short and details need to be taken care of, by me as well as by others. for myself i am still astounded to be on this side of the grass and cruising through the Greek islands, enjoying a cigar after seeing stuff that was buried under ash for four thousand years. floating here in the caldera, created by what may have been the largest volcanic explosion in recorded history, i can see that i have been more than a bit obsessed with myself today and i need to return to the fold and pay attention to those around me. i might need to allow myself the freedom to have a melt-down, but not today, as a cigar and a bit of a vent, completes my decompression. i can leave the old familliar behavior of running away behind for right now and chill on the weather deck. i am now way above the sound and fury of the reality of vacation stresses and herding seven people through a hot and bothered day and ready to enjoy the BBQ dinner, as the sun sets over the South Agean Sea, just for today.

∞ DT ∞