It is quite amazing the mind's ability to forget about pain. My flights to and from Ghana were reasonably smooth. Going out, there was a delay with the last flight from Washington to Ghana. That led to a long delay in getting my luggage when I arrived. But in the whole scheme of things, it wasn't a big deal. On the return, my flight back to Albuquerque from Washington was delayed as well. But again, that wasn't a big deal actually.
So my mind was thinking, "Oh does each traveler have their own personal incarnation of the Magical Unicorn Pony God of Travel?" Does it age as you do so its abilities are lessened? I was going to write a whole post on this phenomenon.
Then I decided I should go back and check the archives of posts related to MUPGT.
Oops.
Am I getting dementia? Since 2022, there has been a non-stop series of battles with MUPGT. All the chaos in Ghana. Wife's security ordeal going to Amsterdam. Getting from Alicante to Copenhagen. Epic trying to get to Malaysia. 54 hours trying to get from Ghana to New Mexico.
Now instead of feeling mellow and complacent, I'm wondering what battle awaits us the next time we travel.
3 comments:
I think this is similar to the phenomena of mothers forgetting the pain of childbirth. You love travel, so your mind refuses to remember how hard it can be.
perhaps in this case ignorance is bliss and a zen attitude towards the whims of the MUPGT will serve better than fact-based experience
LOL
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