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An entry that doesn't include horror movies or family talk? Yep, this would be that one.
I had a pretty good conversation with a friend of mine - via AIM, because that's how the cool kids do it while playing Bejeweled Blitz - and she managed to make me realize that I've never taken a vacation by myself. I gave it some serious thought recently, just to double-check my gut-reaction answer and it's still the truth. Every vacation I've ever been on has been with someone else, or a group of someone-elses. Family trips, trips with friends...trips with other people, on other people's schedules.
A friend of mine on here is going to Key West. I continued reading the post, wondering if she was going with her roommate or a friend or her husband but...nope, she's going by herself. For a week. I'm incredibly impressed with her right now. I have other friends (most notably the one mentioned in the first paragraph) who travel alone all the time and seem to love it (she keeps doing it so...). I couldn't honestly tell you the last time I'd even thought about just going somewhere by myself before that AIM conversation. I've always seen vacations as something to do with people, stress and all.
But...maybe they aren't. I think I need to start small, though. Maybe head down to Nashville for a weekend of no communication with anyone I know, just visit the city, go to the Frist, go to a nice restaurant and eat alone, do some research on other things that are there that I've never done before. Heck, maybe even take in a Preds (hockey) game. Tis the season, after all.
Let's say you had $500, but you could only spend it on yourself, by yourself, where would you go? What would you do?
I had a pretty good conversation with a friend of mine - via AIM, because that's how the cool kids do it while playing Bejeweled Blitz - and she managed to make me realize that I've never taken a vacation by myself. I gave it some serious thought recently, just to double-check my gut-reaction answer and it's still the truth. Every vacation I've ever been on has been with someone else, or a group of someone-elses. Family trips, trips with friends...trips with other people, on other people's schedules.
A friend of mine on here is going to Key West. I continued reading the post, wondering if she was going with her roommate or a friend or her husband but...nope, she's going by herself. For a week. I'm incredibly impressed with her right now. I have other friends (most notably the one mentioned in the first paragraph) who travel alone all the time and seem to love it (she keeps doing it so...). I couldn't honestly tell you the last time I'd even thought about just going somewhere by myself before that AIM conversation. I've always seen vacations as something to do with people, stress and all.
But...maybe they aren't. I think I need to start small, though. Maybe head down to Nashville for a weekend of no communication with anyone I know, just visit the city, go to the Frist, go to a nice restaurant and eat alone, do some research on other things that are there that I've never done before. Heck, maybe even take in a Preds (hockey) game. Tis the season, after all.
Let's say you had $500, but you could only spend it on yourself, by yourself, where would you go? What would you do?