Looping: Annabelle Francis feat. Sheikh Haikel - 'Shooting Soul' (Chicken Rice War OST)

Last night, standing in the balcony of my grandmother's high-rise apartment, I saw the blinking lights of an ascending airplane from the nearby airport.

I couldn't help wondering if that was the plane Jen boarded, en route to Auckland.

And I couldn't help imagining myself on that flight, and the connecting domestic to Welly, and the shuttle from the airport to Willis Street, and then my enjoyment of the rest of the summer in Welly, and infinite days to come ...