Vacation

It's been a while since I took vacation from work and actually went somewhere. I've taken a day or two here and there to go to PA for the day. Or took a few days for my friend's wedding.

This time I took 2 weeks off I spent the week at home and then took 4 days and went to Colorado. I freaking love it out there. Billy doesn't understand why I like it out there so much. Quite simply, it's not New Jersey. I flew out on American Airlines on Saturday. I hardly slept the night before. It wasn't my first time flying but I am kind of a nervous flyer. Saturday once I got into Colorado I was sick, I felt awful. I'm not sure it if was food poisoning, we had chili cheese dogs the night before, or it is was motion sickness or altitude sickness.

I was fine the first time I went to Colorado so I am unsure of what was actually wrong. Anyway, so Sunday we just hung out in our PJ's and watched Naked and Afraid XL.  It was a marathon. I can confidently say that if my friend and I were to get stuck in the jungle of Brazil of the desert of Africa, we can survive for at least 40 days. We know what not to eat. And were to go. Ha. Don't eat the fruits no matter how appetizing they look. Monkey and bat poop are on them and that will nearly kill you.


On Monday, we went to Boulder and walked the Pearl Street Market. The people are so nice. They are always smiling. I'm sure most of the smiles are because they are as high as the mountains. I'll never get used to marijuana being legal there. They don't hide it. It's so strange. Here they do it out in the open but more conspicuously.

I wish my husband would go to places like this with me. I get hit with the "Oh they are your friends." "I don't know anyone there. What would I do?" "I hate the mountains." "Jersey has all I need." He doesn't understand that I want to travel the world WITH HIM. I want to see things WITH HIM. I want to experience things WITH HIM. I want to show him Colorado so he can see why I like the place. The air is different. It's not home. It's not like I am rushing to move out there, although that would be nice. But all I want is for home to visit there with me.

Overall, I had a nice time. It was a nice little getaway. I want to go back for a little longer than 4 days.

R, J, A, Z and K, I love you guys and miss you. Can't wait to come visit again.

A vacation....FINALLY

Hey

It's has been a while. I don't even know where to begin. Life has been crazy. Life has been all over the place. Life has been...well, life has been life. We all have our ups and downs. Some days; most days it seems like we are down way down. There hasn't been very many ups days. And that sucks giant you know what's.

Hubby and I were discussing one day about going on a vacation. Naturally, we can't just up and go. We have to save for trip and I need to plan things out. I like to believe I am an "up and go" type of person. I wouldn't only be like that if I had the funds to be able to do that, ie, rich from winning the lotto and not have to work for the rest of my life. A girl can dream.

So, we had decided that we would safe up for a vacation. I looked into "lay-a-way vacations" and found a few deals that sounds really good. In fact they were good deals. Then we got hit with the proverbial  financial Mack truck. Without getting into specifics, going on vacation moved even farther out of reach than it was. A few choice woks were thrown around. Mostly they were being thrown in one direction. But you know what? I've had it and I am tired of it. How is any of it fair? I'm 30. I've bust my ass for what little I got and I will most likely bust my ass till the day I die. But while busting my ass, I want to enjoy life, I want to see the world.

I was beginning to feel like I was being taken advantage of. Hell, I still feel that way. I am told that that isn't the case. But I can't help the way I feel.

Things haven't changes....not fast enough for my liking at least.

Fast forward to recent times. My friends whom I met in a PCOS group on my space announced that she was getting married to her long time on and off boyfriend. They used to date back in the day, lost contact and now have reconnected and they are getting married. I couldn't be happier for her. The original date was in March 2014. So I thought  I will safe up money to attend especially since I would be going out of state, whether to her current city or and home town. Then she threw a wrench in the mix. She announced that they were moving the wedding up. I told her I would to make it but I needed to find coverage and get approved for time off. Then she threw another wrench....She asked me to be a bridesmaid. Needless to say in a few days the 4th of this month actually. I will be going on my first flight move than half way across  the county.