2 posts tagged “traveling”
I'm visiting the town I graduated high school in, Springfield, Missouri. The place has changed, as is to be expected after being gone for several years, but not that much. Still home of Bass Pro Shops and the Assemblies of God and - it is reported - cashew chicken.
And yet, coming home seems like it should be momentous, but it's really not.
Strix and I are busy packing. We're heading out of town tomorrow evening to visit family in Missouri and so Strix can attend her graduation at Missouri State. I both love and hate long drives and vacations.
I love:
- the road
- eating at new restaurants
- sleeping in a room where someone else will change the sheets, etc.
- seeing family and friends
- sleeping in
- quality time with Strix
I hate:
- knowing that every day I'm away from work, my in-box is getting that much deeper
- knowing that we are choosing a cross-country road trip when the gas prices are higher than they've ever been
- leaving my two cats at home with a stranger watching them for us
- the weight I will gain from all of the eating out we're going to do
Okay, more love items than hate items, so I guess I'll go out on a limb and say it's a good thing.
