I’m dreaming of a warm and tropical Christmas
So – this morning while I was lying in bed… I started thinking, “Hey! I have a vacation coming up!” But shortly afterwards, it dawned on me that this VK isn’t really my idea of a pleasurable escape from my life. Instead, I’m going to be stuck in my hometown of Steamboat the whole time. Which, as nice as it is to see my family and all, to me being in my hometown is a very stuck feeling.
I hate feeling stuck and feeling like things are slow moving… hence why I live in the city!! I like options and I like having things moving around me… and choosing to be slow here feels comfy and by choice… not like there, where it just feels like nothing is going anywhere.
Now, I know some of you are saying, “Oh sure, poor you, you have to spend winter break in a beautiful resort town and not Small Town, Ohio!”
I know… I should feel lucky in that regard. I mean, really when it comes down to it – it probably won’t be that bad. I’ll hang out w/ old friends and get to spend time with my family and meet their new little dog. And go snowboarding (if it’s not too deathly cold)… and we can go sledding, and drink hot chocolate and soak in the hot tub.
Oh but how I wouldn’t give *anything* to be on a sandy warm beach instead!!! All I have to look forward to is 25+ feet of snow, ice, bundling up with 10 layers of clothing and feeling my nose hairs freeze breathing in the 5 degree weather!! What’s worse is that every winter I go there, my skin gets horribly dry and I feel itchy and uncomfortable in my clothes. hmph.
Plus, I’m going to miss my friends here :( and my kitty… and twistedly enough, my work and my computer :) I don’t want to be stuck somewhere not able to do anything for *my life*. I don’t have enough time for it as it is let alone being away from it for several days!!
Yes, I’m exposing what a total control freak I am :) And this is where I slowly start slipping out of reality and start dreaming of a delicious tropical vacation on a far away island…. where I’ll be in my bikini all day, getting massaged with oil, sipping on yummy drinks, tanning and swimming in the hot sun with the perfect breeze…..
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Dear Ms. O’Brien,
Sorry, but I think Ohio has changed since you’ve last been there. It is no longer the idealic paradise it once was:
http://www.tbotcotw.com/archives/000254.php
Regards,
Joe Bob
Yes a vacation would be *so* nice right now… I’m considering Palm City Beach, FL in February/March 2K4. Winter sucks…
Steamboat is fucked up. Or, I visited my fucked up friend who moved their once. He joined the army after high school because his grandad said he would buy him a car if he did. So he did two years and got his car, which he wrecked in a week.
I also saw Wayne’s World there (for the second time).
-Ajax
Ajax, ouch… 1 week for 2 year… that smarts… I know a guy that did that with his new Jeep. It lasted 24 hours. Poor guy fell asleep at the wheel and the Jeep did a “superman” over a guardrail.