Thanksgiving Thoughts & Travel
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podlingSuch a short time till Thanksgiving... figured I should post my travel plans. I will be in MA for a goodly long time, arriving next Monday afternoon and staying until Sunday. While there, I plan to do things, see people, etc. If you'd like to get in on this, do let me know. I have some plans already (little things, high school reunion, concert, drinks with la familia extended, etc), but there's still open slots.
On to the other thoughts... only 7 years ago I spent Thanksgiving in the Caribbean with one of my very best friends. This is where I mark the true beginning of my independent thinking for myself. My dad forbid me to go (though how one forbids their college aged child who lives in another state is another story) and my reply was the following, "Yeah, well, I have a ticket in my hand that says I'm going, and a passport in the other!" And oddly, I've never regretted this, even given all the flack I had to put up with for being gone for Thanksgiving. Really though, unless I have a really good reason, I will try to never miss another Thanksgiving at my parents (even if I don't like the stuffing all that much).
But still... looking at the pictures earlier today, it was just so gorgeous! Maybe it's the plant scientist in me talking. I'm not really a history person, but it's all over there, pirate things, shipping stories, etc. There are so many places I'd like to travel to, and yet, should I have a choice, I'll go back there first opportunity. Maybe spend more time in the British Virgin Islands this time. But wow. It's been 7 years!!! 7 years!!! I was 21 then!!! It was the first time I ever snorkeled really, or hitchhiked, or hitchhiked on a boat, sailing around a tropical island. I think I may even still have a few shells I purloined. I still have the rug I bought there, as well as a painting. They mean so much to me. And some of the memories... lying about in a private home listening to live harp music while looking out over a bay on St. Thomas at sunset... wow!!! Life was slower there, and for that alone I'd like to escape from NYC and NJ. One day, oh yes, one day. I long to escape! But that whole condo-buying extravaganza has left it's mark on my travel plans.
Oh, and next time, I will either bring proper camping gear or stay at a hotel. What? You live and you learn...
On to the other thoughts... only 7 years ago I spent Thanksgiving in the Caribbean with one of my very best friends. This is where I mark the true beginning of my independent thinking for myself. My dad forbid me to go (though how one forbids their college aged child who lives in another state is another story) and my reply was the following, "Yeah, well, I have a ticket in my hand that says I'm going, and a passport in the other!" And oddly, I've never regretted this, even given all the flack I had to put up with for being gone for Thanksgiving. Really though, unless I have a really good reason, I will try to never miss another Thanksgiving at my parents (even if I don't like the stuffing all that much).
But still... looking at the pictures earlier today, it was just so gorgeous! Maybe it's the plant scientist in me talking. I'm not really a history person, but it's all over there, pirate things, shipping stories, etc. There are so many places I'd like to travel to, and yet, should I have a choice, I'll go back there first opportunity. Maybe spend more time in the British Virgin Islands this time. But wow. It's been 7 years!!! 7 years!!! I was 21 then!!! It was the first time I ever snorkeled really, or hitchhiked, or hitchhiked on a boat, sailing around a tropical island. I think I may even still have a few shells I purloined. I still have the rug I bought there, as well as a painting. They mean so much to me. And some of the memories... lying about in a private home listening to live harp music while looking out over a bay on St. Thomas at sunset... wow!!! Life was slower there, and for that alone I'd like to escape from NYC and NJ. One day, oh yes, one day. I long to escape! But that whole condo-buying extravaganza has left it's mark on my travel plans.
Oh, and next time, I will either bring proper camping gear or stay at a hotel. What? You live and you learn...
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Date: 2003-11-15 04:00 pm (UTC)Maybe you could come for dinner one night? And possibly bring the cane toad movie, if possible and convenient? We have a nice new TV to see it on...
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Date: 2003-11-15 09:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-11-16 06:44 am (UTC)