Thinking Out Loud

I just got my vacation update that we get every month. Right now, I've got just over a week saved. Not much, but that happens when you start from scratch and have to accrue and you take a day here and there for theatre and life. But now, today, I've got a week. It's just ready to be used. And sometime later this year, I'm going to take it and go somewhere. I'll save up, and just go. Maybe rent a little car that gets way better mileage than mine. Maybe not. Leave on a Friday after work and take a week off from my life. Drive around. Stay in little towns in roadside motels. Eat at local places where I can chat with the owner. Meet new people. Make a friend. Find a lover. Sleep on a beach. Write everyday. I don't know. See, this is the first time I've ever had a week's paid vacation sitting in the bank and can actually use it. And it's all mine. Right now I really like that feeling.

That paragraph was excerpted from an e-mail I sent out today to a good friend. In randomly offering what I considered sage advice, I spun off into a tangent about my desire to hit the open road and have an adventure.

And in the middle of it, I decided that I'm going to go on that adventure. Talkin' aint' doin'.

Doesn't it sound nice? I've always wanted to be a wanderer... even if just for a short while. There's so much out there, just in my own backyard, that I'm naive to. An America that doesn't live on the web or live in the fast-paced world. Somewhere there's a diner with an empty stool and a parking spot waiting for me to pull up for some chow.

I just have to find it.

Work wear thin today. Most things have gone as planned, but not everything. So adaptation is in order.

Oh, and for the first update, no, I haven't gone to the gym today. I hope to maybe right now, if I post this and run. This morning was just not going to happen and work has kept me later than I wish. Not a shock really. But if I leave in the next five and get up to the gym before 6:00 p.m., there's a slim chance I could get in 20-25 minutes of cardio and not feel like a total slug today.

Time's up on the blog. Gotta jet.

Hope all your plans are working out and that you're planning some vacations of your own. When I decide where I'm going and what I'm doing, I'll send you a postcard after the fact. :)