Day 2 of my vacation I didn’t do much of anything. Well, I went to the movies. Terminator: Salvation, was pretty good. There were some bad parts in it, (Like Dropping Connor into the Ocean from over 100 feet; he would have been splattered.) and a few other scenes that were poorly done.
There were a few parts that were really well done, though. A lot of the action sequences, as well as the story overall. This was before John Connor became the leader of the resistance, and I’m sure we’re going to get another sequel out of this, detailing a time-travel sequence. Hopefully the cast returns for that sequel.
Day 3 we went back to the lake later in the day. It was me, Eric, Emily and Steve. We spent an hour or so in the water, maybe two. Unlike the first day, there was nobody there, really, so it was nice and relaxing.
We went out to get dinner at Dairy Queen after that, where I inadvertently knocked my soda into Steve and Emily. They weren’t pleased with me, but they took it in good stride. I took Eric home, then went over to my sister’s to see Julian. I’ve done this every night, and I was there until around 7 AM I think. Then I came home and took a nap.
Day 4 was boring. I sat at home and from 7:20PM to 8:00PM I drank 700ml of Alcohol. This apparently upset a few people, and made a few other people amused. All in all it was mostly fun, but I don’t want to do it again.
I waited about 4 hours before I grabbed my keys and went for a drive. I got to my Sister’s and immediately got a call from a friend of mine. Spent an hour talking to her, then went and slept a bit on my sister’s couch. She called again after an hour and a half, and we spoke for a bit before she went to bed. The entire experience was enlightening, and I’ve never felt so bad for not being able to do more for someone.
There was a fight in the past 3 days, somewhere. I think it was on Day 4, and I’m still trying to reconcile that, but otherwise my vacation has been mostly positive. My batteries are re-charged and I think I can go back to work with an upbeat and positive attitude.
Today’s the last day of my vacation, and I think I’m going to go see Angels and Demons to finish it off.
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I’ve never been good at saying Goodbye.
It has always been one of the hardest things I ever do and I’m always a little bitter about it.
But I said goodbye today, and the world didn’t fall apart. The moorings of reality didn’t break, and I think I’ll be okay.
I’m glad I did it on a bright and sunny day, though.
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So I’ve decided that I’m taking a vacation off of work, and it officially started yesterday morning.
I didn’t get much sleep, as is usual on my days off. After I got off of work on Saturday, I went straight to my sister’s house to spend time with my new puppy. (zomg he is so cute, look!)
That was taken this morning before I came home. Anyway, I went over to my sister’s house and played with my puppy. Then I came home and talked with people online. Around 7 or so my roommate woke up, and we had a 3 hour long discussion about the yard and what she wants to do with the house.
She accused me of having no design/landscaping instincts, and that wanting just one type of grass was ridiculous. (She likes our yard as-is, apparently, and it looks like crap… I think I’m going to just till the yard one day and then sew some real grass.)
I was getting extremely tired so I took a nap around 10 or 11; just before my alarm went off. I got up a few minutes before 12, (short nap,) and lounged in the living room for an hour, almost asleep the entire time. (I managed to get a few good sarcastic remarks in.)
Both Roommates were complaining about being hungry, but I wanted to go see my puppy, so around 13:30 I made them hop in my car. I bought’em lunch at Dairy Queen and spent about an hour or so playing with Julian. He passed out in Pat’s arms, (she’s the main roommate,) and his head lolled around in various cute ways that looked very awkward.
After that we stopped off for soda at the Gas Station, (Jones, of course!) and headed home.
We got home around 15:30 or so, and I hopped online to relax and tell people I’d been playing with my Puppy. I got a text from Steve, (best friend) that said, “Wanna go to the lake?”
It was hot outside, so I said sure. Headed out, bought some swim trunks, drinks, sunscreen and snacks, then headed up to the Lake with him and his Girlfriend. (It was an awkward trip; luckily, I drove myself.)
We stayed there for a few hours, went ‘lake diving’, which is really just seeing how low you can go under the water before the pressure gets to be too much for you. My pressure clocks in around 20 feet; it was hard to breath on the surface for a while after that!
The drive home was uneventful, and I was supposed to have dinner with them, but we all went our separate ways when we were told the restaurant that we wanted to go to was closed. I went over to my Sister’s house and played with my puppy s’more.
By this time I was pretty tired, but I didn’t take a nap. Instead, I played with Julian, (trying to bond as much as I can with him! He’s already attached!) and then we went to the store for drinks. (They didn’t want what I had.)
I picked up a bottle of rum, some soda, and then some chicken fingers from Burger King. Unfortunately, it seemed that around this point, (close to midnight) everyone was too tired to really do any drinking, (so the bottle went unopened) and they went to bed. I watched “My Bloody Valentine” because I’m not used to going to bed until around 04:00 most days. With how tired I was, I managed a nap around 02:00
I woke up to a few text messages sent, one from Twitter when Lothus went to bed, (02:45) and one from a girl named Brittany about 20 minutes later.
I passed back out without responding to either of them, as they were pointless text messages. Brittany would have required an actual conversation, which I didn’t have energy for. Besides, I didn’t want to argue about some trivial thing with her for a while, like she normally wants to do.
I was awoken again by a text message over an hour later. It was from a close friend of mine, who I’ve been wanting to actually talk with for a while.
We talked for almost an hour before my phone battery died. We would have talked for well over an hour if it hadn’t. Talking to them made me want to get in my car today and go see them. I’m on vacation, so I might just do that.
Now I’m home. It’s 08:30 almost, and I’m just now finishing up this log of my first day of Vacation. I hope the second day is just as full. If I don’t go see my friend, I might head off to the movies so I can see Angels and Demons, or maybe Terminator: Salvation.
An Aside that only a few people will understand:
A line drawn in the sand is permeable. Something I discovered last night, I think, is that the line is easily re-drawn no matter where you’re standing, when it was drawn, or why it was drawn. Things change constantly… And maybe you just don’t understand that a line wasn’t being drawn; it was a map.
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