holding on to love to save my life
I am drowning here at work. Not because I have alot of work to do. Quite the contrary actually. I have no projects to get me through the end of the day. I have large projects that would not be worth starting today and then leaving unfinished for over a week. And I have tediously small projects that doing now would irritate me more that not doing anything at all.
I am so looking forward to my trip. I don't even feel like it's a vacation - I feel like it's going to be more of a "temporary relocation" of my life. What's the difference you ask? Well let me try to explain. In the past minute and a half I have developed a theory regarding departures from one's area of residence. I have just decided that there are three levels of departure: a trip, a vacation, and a temporary relocation.
-A trip would be something like going home to Ohio for the weekend, going camping at the Dunes or the Dells, or going up to New York City to visit Shay. These are brief excursions that usually only last from 3-5 days.
-A vacation would be like going to Walt Disney World. Or going on a cruise to the Caribbean or Alaska. Or perhaps a family vacation to the beach. It is usually all about either a) luxury, b) relaxation, or c) a theme park and/or attraction. Or a), b), and c), in the case of Walt Disney World.
-A temporary relocation is when you arrive at your destination and your whole life changes. It is usually experienced when travelling alone - probably to visit a friend or relative who lives in that area. I would compare this to my Spring Break 2005 trip to Hawaii to visit a one, Ms. Lindsay Jarvis. You suddenly feel at ease with everything. You appreciate your surroundings, and feel a part of them. You aren't visiting, you've moved in. And when you return home, your perspective and your attitude have changed. Readjusted. Realigned. To use a cliche, you "find yourself". At least a little bit more than you already had.
I am very excited to temporarily relocate. And lay in the sun all day in the hot, hot desert.
*note: I would also categorize road-trips under the "trip" level, considering the huge effort of driving wherever it is you are going, for however long it is you are going. And by process of elimination using the details outlined in level II: "vacation", a road-trip is neither luxurious, relaxing, nor a themepark itself. Now, you could road-trip TO a themepark, which should be categorized on a case-by-case basis.
This theory is copywroten 2008 by Stacey E Mitchell. That's right.
I am so looking forward to my trip. I don't even feel like it's a vacation - I feel like it's going to be more of a "temporary relocation" of my life. What's the difference you ask? Well let me try to explain. In the past minute and a half I have developed a theory regarding departures from one's area of residence. I have just decided that there are three levels of departure: a trip, a vacation, and a temporary relocation.
-A trip would be something like going home to Ohio for the weekend, going camping at the Dunes or the Dells, or going up to New York City to visit Shay. These are brief excursions that usually only last from 3-5 days.
-A vacation would be like going to Walt Disney World. Or going on a cruise to the Caribbean or Alaska. Or perhaps a family vacation to the beach. It is usually all about either a) luxury, b) relaxation, or c) a theme park and/or attraction. Or a), b), and c), in the case of Walt Disney World.
-A temporary relocation is when you arrive at your destination and your whole life changes. It is usually experienced when travelling alone - probably to visit a friend or relative who lives in that area. I would compare this to my Spring Break 2005 trip to Hawaii to visit a one, Ms. Lindsay Jarvis. You suddenly feel at ease with everything. You appreciate your surroundings, and feel a part of them. You aren't visiting, you've moved in. And when you return home, your perspective and your attitude have changed. Readjusted. Realigned. To use a cliche, you "find yourself". At least a little bit more than you already had.
I am very excited to temporarily relocate. And lay in the sun all day in the hot, hot desert.
*note: I would also categorize road-trips under the "trip" level, considering the huge effort of driving wherever it is you are going, for however long it is you are going. And by process of elimination using the details outlined in level II: "vacation", a road-trip is neither luxurious, relaxing, nor a themepark itself. Now, you could road-trip TO a themepark, which should be categorized on a case-by-case basis.
This theory is copywroten 2008 by Stacey E Mitchell. That's right.