5 posts tagged “vacation”

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Where is the farthest you have ever been away from home? Did you get homesick? 
Submitted by Melissa.

The furthest I have been by myself is Vancouver. I took a trip to Seattle and Vancouver by myself several years ago. Stayed in hostels. Loved it. Got lonely about day four or five. 

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I encourage everyone to take at least one solo vacation. I'd love to take another.

And I am on vacation! Frankly, my brain has been on vacay for a while now. I am so ready to be off. I won't be going anywhere since I just spent $350 on my car (and $90 on the dog), but it will be nice to not be at work.

My big goal for the week? To clean.

• the house
• the car

This is a big task. I want to get everything put away so I feel "clearer" for lack of a better term. I am feeling bogged down by stuff. I think I should just accept that I am stuck with the majority of the stuff while mom is alive because she pretty much won't let me get rid of it. Maybe I just need to buy some industrial size trash bags and sneak it out. Sad, huh? 41 and still hiding shit from my mom. :-)

I'd also like to hit a couple matinees. Mostly Ratatouille and Life Free or Die Harder. I told someone the second one today and she looked at me incredously, "Really??" Yeah. I heart Bruce Willis.

I want to spend some time adding to my pantry and planning out some meals for the following week. The veggie thing is going well and I am moving slowly away from processed foods (although I really heart Amy's). That's really my goal to move to a better overall nutrition plan. Cleaning is part of that. So my kitchen is more condusive to cooking, chopping, etc...

I have to say that everytime I eat a veggie meal I feel really good about myself. It's affecting my psyche way more than I thought it would. One of my friends asked this week if it would bother me if she ate meat in front of me. I told her no, but later teased her about the pile of chicken bones on her plate. She thought I meant it, but I again promised not to go "all PETA" on anyone. I think they're a little on the militant side. They have great info on their website about vegetarianism and veganism, but I almost feel guilty looking at them because I do think the group does as much harm as good.

I am up to seven minute intervals on the elliptical. My legs give out before my heart and breathing does. I've found I kind of enjoy it while watching TV. (Yes, that means it's in the middle of my living room.)

I've been reading a lot. Up to Book Five now. I'm going to wait until after the movie (bought my tickets today) to read Book Six. Which is good, because I've got some books ready at the library.

Oh, and today is my fifth anniversary in this house.

Whoo!! A week off! Yesterday I started to do list of things to finish by Wednesday. Otherwise I'll lose the days to inane things and still have a list of things to do...

clean (sweep, mop, vaccum, put things away, laundry, litter box, etc...)

get oil changed, car wash, clean out car

take Gigi to Petsmart (for fun)

work on Shutterfly project

find Christmas book

walk every day

visit Gina

find out when Kelly's surgery is

buy Dixie Chick concert tickets

watch Netflix movie

What's your favorite vacation destination?

London, New York, California, Akumal, Walt Disney World . . . Really, for me, any vacation destination is my favorite. I've never been anywhere that I hated. And I love travel. There are so many more places I'd like to go. If I could only remember to play the Lotto.