RE: Been missing, but not much action :).
I was worried that if I sent you another message before having a reply from my last one that you would think I was stalking you. It's wonderful that you were able to get away and have some down time. Your pictures are absolutely gorgeous. Sorry to hear about your flight experience. It is a complete pain when your mind knows exactly what's going on and you don't want it to. Mostly I have tips that say to distract yourself with music and movies, pull down the shades so you can't see out the window, carry a picture of your destination, check the turbulence report so that you know what to expect, and deep breathing exercises.
Try not to let the length of time between a post get you down. The more you feed that monster to larger it'll grow. I hope the personal things that are disrupting your life settle down soon. I also understand about not wanting to post your dirty laundry online, or even clean laundry actually. It's fantastic to hear from you again! Wishing you laughter and a peaceful night!
Ha, ha, I think we may have a similar style of reticence. I couldn't send my replies to you, because I felt they were crossing some lines, which I am not sure even exist. Walking on eggshells, to some degree, but then for why? I feel that you will know what I mean, with regards this difficulty, maybe?
The flying isn't fun, but hoping to get used to it. I pulled the blind down on my first flight and the hostess told me that I couldn't do that, because if the plane caught on fire, then I would be the first to see it and could inform them. This really didn't help the anxieties. I'm going to try some distractions, next time, but the body knows when you are no on terra firma and not level. Maybe some natural medicine of some form will help? Thanks for the advice, though :).
I know what you mean about the time gap betwen postings, but it does exactly as you say. Indeed, it does grow into a monster and one armed with all the necessary tools and routes into your innerness, to remove your confidence, creativity and will.
Thanks for the message, brisby. Really nice to be reading your comments again and I'm not feeling my most creative, but am definitely feeling better about things. Just for the record, if you are a professional stalker, and you have let it slip that you troll the streets in the small hours, looking for cats to stalk (I think that's a cover, as well :) ), then that's fine. I've only stalked somebody once, but it was weird as anything, until I realised it was me I was stalking. I never would have found out, but I had reported me to the police for stalking me. Weird though, because an ambulance came and not the police :).
I trust you're well, and hope that you are. Nice to be back and chatting again :)