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Back in Hawaii
Feb. 29th, 2012 10:29 pmAfter a day of travel, we're back in Hawaii. The travel was relatively mellow, as I've done it enough and I've found ways for it to be more comfortable (not the seats, though, those never get comfortable enough for a ~5 hour trip).
I had good books, and so I read the first 200 pages of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest and also the comics Age of X and X-Men: Legacy: Aftermath.
The Girl #3 is thus far terrific. I'd carefully rationed my books, so as not to start anything before we got to the airport, and The Girl was a terrific choice for that approach, because it was immediately engrossing, as it started so close on the track of The Girl #2. As was the case when I read each of the others, I mourn the fact that we lost Larsson after just 3 books (and that he never saw their extreme and deserved success).
Age ot X was the book that I'd saved the longest for this trip. I love reading long X-Men sagas on these long plane rides, and Age of X was the one that jumped out this year. The alternate universe story was great and if anything the X-Men: Legacy: Aftermath volume which interwove with it was even better. It was all told a Mike Carey smorgasbord, as I got to read 11 issues by him over the course of a few hours. I've loved having such talented authors as Brubaker, Fraction, and Carey writing for the X-Men, and I'm very sorry that the last of those--Carey--has now left (though there are still 2 trades to be released, I think). I'm hoping that rumors suggesting that Bendis is coming over in 2013 or so are true. (And I've been happy to hear that Aaron's work on Wolverine & The X-Men has been very good, as his Scalped is great, but nothing else has been particularly notable that I've read.)
Generally, the flight was uneventful. When we got to Honolulu we knew right to go to find the best food court with the nicest garden nearby. We had a few hours layover, but Honolulu is a very pleasant airport (in the right places), so it was no hardship. We had a bit of excitement at Lihue when it looked like our luggage was lost, but it turned out that the airport people had just pulled off our neon green strap (solely there to identify the suitcase) and stuffed it into one of the pockets. Dunno why. Plenty of other straps were in place.
Meanwhile, we heard briefly from our catsitter (who stopped by our house mere minutes after we left this morning for her first visit of the day) that the kitties were good. We are still concerned for Cobweb, but it's wonderful to get 9 days where we can be concerned without being responsible. We don't have to constantly monitor her food and decide if we want to try an ever-decreasing menu of new options to see if she'll eat better.
And thus I am already feeling more relaxed. I started feeling relaxed the moment I stepped on the plane, to a certain extent, but even moreso when we sat down in that garden at Honolulu and I could feel the cool trade winds blowing through the plants and blowing away stress and worries ...
I had good books, and so I read the first 200 pages of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest and also the comics Age of X and X-Men: Legacy: Aftermath.
The Girl #3 is thus far terrific. I'd carefully rationed my books, so as not to start anything before we got to the airport, and The Girl was a terrific choice for that approach, because it was immediately engrossing, as it started so close on the track of The Girl #2. As was the case when I read each of the others, I mourn the fact that we lost Larsson after just 3 books (and that he never saw their extreme and deserved success).
Age ot X was the book that I'd saved the longest for this trip. I love reading long X-Men sagas on these long plane rides, and Age of X was the one that jumped out this year. The alternate universe story was great and if anything the X-Men: Legacy: Aftermath volume which interwove with it was even better. It was all told a Mike Carey smorgasbord, as I got to read 11 issues by him over the course of a few hours. I've loved having such talented authors as Brubaker, Fraction, and Carey writing for the X-Men, and I'm very sorry that the last of those--Carey--has now left (though there are still 2 trades to be released, I think). I'm hoping that rumors suggesting that Bendis is coming over in 2013 or so are true. (And I've been happy to hear that Aaron's work on Wolverine & The X-Men has been very good, as his Scalped is great, but nothing else has been particularly notable that I've read.)
Generally, the flight was uneventful. When we got to Honolulu we knew right to go to find the best food court with the nicest garden nearby. We had a few hours layover, but Honolulu is a very pleasant airport (in the right places), so it was no hardship. We had a bit of excitement at Lihue when it looked like our luggage was lost, but it turned out that the airport people had just pulled off our neon green strap (solely there to identify the suitcase) and stuffed it into one of the pockets. Dunno why. Plenty of other straps were in place.
Meanwhile, we heard briefly from our catsitter (who stopped by our house mere minutes after we left this morning for her first visit of the day) that the kitties were good. We are still concerned for Cobweb, but it's wonderful to get 9 days where we can be concerned without being responsible. We don't have to constantly monitor her food and decide if we want to try an ever-decreasing menu of new options to see if she'll eat better.
And thus I am already feeling more relaxed. I started feeling relaxed the moment I stepped on the plane, to a certain extent, but even moreso when we sat down in that garden at Honolulu and I could feel the cool trade winds blowing through the plants and blowing away stress and worries ...