We are leaving for a quick visit to Destin, Florida tomorrow morning. I sold 34 yellow shrimp and shipped them out. Our neighbors are coming to feed the cat, dog and fish. My daughter and I made up a dozen or so little envelopes labeled “Thursday” “Friday” “Saturday” , and put the appropriate food in each, for each tank. That way they won’t overfeed the fish. I’m still worried about them, though. I’m sure the fish will be just fine without me for 5 days, but still. They are my fish!
I am looking forward to going, it’s been 6 years since my last vacation. 6 years!!! I think back to “my other life” (before kids and a husband) when I’d just drive to Canada after work for a weekend just because I felt like it, or how excited I was planning and going to Europe and Australia. I would even plan trips I’d probably never take, but I would read guide books and plan them anyway. All I ever wanted to be in “my other life” was an expat. Maybe not the greatest of ambitions to some, but it was to me.
But now, I’ve been married for 9 years, I have 2 little kids running around, and going anywhere just doesn’t feel as exciting as I think it should and I don’t know why. My passport has expired, my Australian VISA has expired, and looking at the stamps inside of it makes me sad. Somewhere in the past 9 years I’ve lost me.
But enough of my pity party, time to make sure everything is packed for everyone. We are driving there with the inlaws, have to be at their house at 5.30am, get carseats in and everything packed and we will be on the road by 6am. It will be awesome to stick my toes in the sand again. And I’m looking forward to collecting things on the beach with my daughter. We are bringing her metal detector.
Pictures to come!
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Write a Comment»Enjoy! Have Fun! Post Pictures Too! I kind of wished you were heading back to the Eastern Shore to dip your toes into the Atlantic and visit some old friends. Can’t believe it has been 9 years since you been out to TN, but to us your are still in thoughts and blog, for we never forget to visit the site daily. Have a safe trip and don’t get sunburned!
I still remember long days of playing quake, listening to your biological clock slowly ticking away….. hehehe
Now i miss you even more… every time “I Just wanna fly” comes on the radio i get a little misty eyed… i think we drank about 5 pots of coffee a day and i remember how you just loved it when i crunched ice…. and then you sniped poor old brian with a rail gun through the heart and love was born… hahahaha…. ah if life was only as simple as a day on the “Rainbow Bridge” capturing the flag…. but think of all the great things you’ve done since then… the last vacation i had was 10 years ago… Sydney was 4 and had the chickenpox… we went to Lancaster and Strausburg… we just never seem to have the time… and the next thing you know it’s 10 years later and your kid is in highschool and your thinking…. where did all the time go… i’m not the same person i was 10 years ago, and that’s not really a bad thing i guess… I still remember helping you guys pack and putting the stuff on the roof of the car… the last hugs and handshakes as you and Brian headed of for a new chapter in your lives… yeah i miss the old times… but i couldn’t be happier for you…. who knows what the next ten years has in store