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Melody, by Molly Johnson

It’s so easy here with you
Like a walk in the park just before dark
Always so easy here with you
Like sun on my face, a bright summer day

You’re like a melody
That follows me
And when you go I still hear music constantly
You’re like a melody
That follows me
And when you’re gone you’re haunting, yeah you’re taunting me

As summer slips to fall, yes, it does
Seems no time’s past at all, not at all
As summer slips to fall and then it snows
Then I watch you go, watch you go

You’re like a melody
That follows me
And when you go I still hear music constantly
You’re like a melody
That follows me
And when you go you’re haunting, yeah (yeah) taunting me

I got a feeling ‘bout you
It might be nothing new
But time slips by, I hardly try
So don’t be sad
I won’t be blue
‘Cause love will follow, love will follow, follow you

You’re like a melody
That follows me
And when you go I’ll still hear music constantly
You’re like a melody
That follows me
And when you go you’re haunting, yeah you’re taunting me

You’re like a sweet smelling breeze
Sneaking up on me
And when you go you’re haunting, yeah you’re taunting me
You’re like a melody
That follows me
And when you go I still hear music constantly

You’re like a melody
That follows me
And when you go you’re haunting, yeah you’re taunting me

More from Molly Johnson.

Well boys & girls: I'm back from vacation again. I hopped over the Atlantic Ocean once again to visit my girlfriend Carrie. Our last vacation was in San Francisco, last September, so it was time for another (short) trip. I left on Friday, May 9th and just got back this morning after a three hour delay (more about that later). This time we visited beautiful Savannah, Georgia, a good 5 hour ride from Tallahassee. Some people told me before I left that it's a mix between St. Augustine and New Orleans, and after visiting I would say I agree. It's a very historic town (by American standards) and the people are very friendly. I loved the historic Riverfront and all its little restaurants and shops; it reminded me a bit of Pier 17 in San Francisco (the touristy part of it).

We had great weather (not too hot, not too cold) and enjoyed some very good meals including one of my favorites at B&D Burgers. They got voted "Best Burgers in Town" 6 years in a row and I can personally say that they deserve that title! Man: it tasted gooood. Anyway: I was lucky to be with my girlfriend on my birthday for the first time in 11 years! Somehow we managed to never be together when either of us had their Bday. So that was cool too.

As usual the week flew by and before I knew it I was on my way back again. As seems to be the case lately I also ran into some delays this time: my flight back out of Atlanta to Amsterdam had a mechanical problem (something about a fuel gage). They weren't able to repair it so we switched planes altogether. I don't know how, but somehow they had a spare plane and we didn't even have to switch seats or anything.

Savannah 2008

Unlike my luggage, I am back in town. I feel like I have a huge hangover! As usual jetlag has hit me bad. I flew back on Friday the 14th and it was a rough ride. To get on the plane that is; the flight itself was pretty enjoyable. No it was the mess before I got on the plane!

I was supposed to leave Tallahassee airport at 13:40 to get to Atlanta and leave there at 17:40 for Schiphol. I arrived at 11:50, said goodbye to Carrie and checked in at 12:00.

After I checked in and boarded the plane they announced that they had a weight problem. That's right: "a weight problem". Delta obviously did not do their calculations right and the plane exceeded the allowed weight for landing. So the pilot then gave the passengers the following option: if there where 3 volunteers that would get of the plane they would get 200 "Delta bucks" and upgraded to first class for their next flight. It was that or they would start to pick "volunteers" to stay behind. It took over 25 minutes before that worked out; very annoying! Continue reading "Left luggage" »

So I am back again from my short vacation to my girlfriend. I had a totally relaxing time there; I managed to think about work only a few times (mostly when I scanned my e-mail) and I totally enjoyed the Florida weather (25-32 degrees, cloudy but nice) and my girlfriends company. Also, for the first time in 10 years I can say I had a totally relaxed flight in and out. I flew with KLM - Air France to Atlanta this time, because I could get a good deal (Miles & Money, it's a Dutch loyalty program). KLM now uses the new Airbus A330-200 airplanes and I must say; they rock! In every seat (not only business class) there is a personal audio/video system with a remote control on the armrest of your chair. You can totally decide what movie/music you want to see/hear so you are no longer limited to the in-flight menu (eat that Delta!). The A330-200 has a total of 251 seats and is quite fast; during my flight back we cruised at about 898 km/h so the flight back took about 8hrs.

Flying from Atlanta to Tallahassee was a bit eerie; because Georgia and Florida has had a dry spell for more than a month (just like we had in Holland in March) some big forest fires had developed. Even though the fire itself was more than 150 miles away in Georgia, Tallahassee was covered in a thick cloud. You could smell something burning throughout the whole city. The first 2 days I was there it was like the city was covered in mist. Except this was no natural mist. Lucky for me it cleared up pretty soon.

Saturday night we had a lovely dinner at Outback but I ate way to much and suffered from it the next day; Sunday I felt bloated and sick all day, but nothing that a bit of Pepto-Bismol couldn't fix :-) We mostly relaxed and hung out at the pool, played with Phoebe (Carrie's new Chihuahua doggie) and shopped a bit. In always love to shop in the US; their malls are bigger and have much more interesting stuff.

I bought some new pants (Dockers), underwear, a small leather wallet by Tommy Hilfiger (Since American dollars are smaller than Euro's I always walk around with a big wallet so I decided to buy an American wallet just for my vacations), a nice Gerber Ridge pocketknife and some more small stuff (sunglasses etc..). Driving around in my girlfriends car was easy too since I have my new HTC P3300 smartphone with build-in GPS. Using TomTom it was a breeze finding my way. For instance when I went to Kevin's Sporting Goods to check out the Luminox Navy Seals watches.

But as usual: all good things come to an end and after a good week I flew back this Sunday and arrived yesterday morning. I slept pretty well and it feels like this time I may be not so affected by the jet-lag. I hope it stays like this and I keep the relaxed feeling I have right now. Other than that it's back to work I guess...

Yup guys & girls I just packed my bags and am ready to fly off to Florida tomorrow! Damn, am I ready for this break or what! The last weeks and actually months have been totally exhausting and I really can do with some R&R. I'm staying at my girlfriends house in Tallahassee, which a nice place to be. Not in the last place because I can take a dive into her pool. I'm sure we will enjoy our long Memorial Day weekend and we intend to do some nice stuff that day (canoe trip down the river). To cut a short story shorter; I'll Blog you later!