The last couple of days i did some inquiring about rates for a trip i hope to take in a couple months or so. I won't say where or when since i still have to wait another month to even THINK about paying for it, but the very idea i could be getting away from everything has left me anxious and excited.
I haven't had a REAL vacation in 4 years now. It feels like serving a prison sentence handed down by the powers above. 'You have been bad and therefore don't deserve to go anywhere. You are grounded until further notice.' Hell, watching the Travel Channel leaves me depressed depending on what is being broadcasted.
This giddy feeling i have reminded me of back when i was a little kid, and whenever the family went on a road trip and we passed a Holiday Inn i would say, 'There's VACATION.' I would say that to each and every one we passed by, and the parents would assure me that it was not, that we were still far away from where we needed to go. Of course, it left me frustrated more and more until FINALLY we would arrive to the precise destionation, but then they would take the fun out of it by saying 'THERE's vacation.'